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Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ jailed in Tanzania

by Asia Times staff February 21, 2019February 18, 2020

A Chinese businesswoman known as the “Ivory Queen” in Tanzania has been jailed for smuggling elephant tusks. Yang Fenglan, 69, was accused of running one of the biggest ivory-smuggling rings in Africa responsible for smuggling US$2.5 million worth of elephant tusks, the BBC reported. She reportedly oversaw the smuggling of about 800 pieces of ivory from […]

THe Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border. Photo: Google Maps.
Posted inAT Finance, Laos, Middle East, Thailand, Vietnam

Vietnamese woman arrested in Thailand for smuggling ivory

by Kamaran Malik December 19, 2018February 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

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