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Tag: elephant tusks

Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam

Nine tonnes of elephant tusks seized in Vietnam

by Asia Times staff March 29, 2019February 18, 2020

Authorities in Vietnam seized 9.12 tonnes of elephant tusks concealed in timber containers at a port on Tuesday. Police say the seizure at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang was one of, if not, the biggest busts in recent years, VN Express reported. The containers were reportedly brought into the country from the Democratic Republic […]

Posted inChina

China busts ‘top three’ ivory smugglers after UK expose

by Mongabay January 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Cambodian Customs and Excise officials look at the more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks seized from a shipping container at the Phnom Penh port. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam

Cambodia’s biggest ivory seizure: 3.2 tonnes of tusks

by Agence France-Presse December 16, 2018February 18, 2020
A pangolin takes a quizzical look at freedom after forestry officials seized 245 of them, along with 64 protected black swamp turtles, from wildlife smugglers at Don Mueang Airport in Thailand. Photo: AFP via Bangkok Post / Sarot Meksophawannakul
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Fight is on to save SE Asia’s exotic wildlife

by Dan Southerland September 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Four of the 'wildlife smugglers' arrested by Congo police now held in Brazzaville. They are alleged to be part of gangs shipping big loads of illegal wildlife parts to Southeast Asia and China. Photo: Supplied
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

African ‘gang’ linked to big hauls of wildlife seized in Asia

by Jim Pollard July 26, 2018February 18, 2020

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