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Tag: Tanzania

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 […]

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