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Environment 7 years ago

China seizes 156 mammoth tusks in huge ivory haul

Chinese customs authorities said they seized 156 prehistoric mammoth tusks from a truck entering from Russia in one of the country's largest such hauls.

News 7 years ago

Visitors warned against departing Japan with souvenirs made from ivory

Tokyo Customs and the conservation group WWF Japan launched a campaign Friday to warn foreign visitors about traveling with souvenirs made from ivory, notifying them that it is illegal to depart with such products.

Environment 8 years ago

Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect

China's complete ban on ivory trade went into effect Sunday, officials said, a major step forward in Beijing's efforts to rein in what was once the world's largest market for illegal ivory.

National 8 years ago

Police nab ivory trade syndicate

The Jambi Police Special Crimes Investigation Directorate have arrested three men who are thought to be members of an illegal ivory trade syndicate in Jambi.

SE Asia 9 years ago

Vietnam seizes smuggled ivory hidden in timber

Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly a ton of ivory smuggled from Africa after locating nearly five tons in five previous shipments to the same port in the past two months.

SE Asia 9 years ago

Vietnam seizes 619 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa

Vietnamese authorities have seized 619 kilograms (1,362 pounds) of ivory illegally shipped in from Africa after finding 4 tons at the same port over the past two months, state media and an official said Friday.

National 9 years ago

5 Riau residents declared guilty of illegal ivory trade

The Pekanbaru District Court’s (PN) judge panel imposed prison sentences to five Riau residents proven guilty in the illegal trading of elephant ivory.

Environment 9 years ago

Kenya: Large pyres set up for massive burn of ivory

Kenyan authorities have built towering pyres of more than 100 tons of elephant tusks that will be burned on Saturday, in what wildlife officials believe will be the largest single destruction of ivory in history.

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