A notorious Chinese Ivory trafficker is caught by Tanzanian authorities

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A notorious Chinese Ivory trafficker is caught by Tanzanian authorities
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Ivory tusks are highly prized in China. A woman known as the "Queen of Ivory" was arrested for smuggling more than 700 elephant tusks from Tanzania to China. Authorities call this arrest a major breakthrough in the fight against elephant poaching.
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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Hong Kong Free Press

30 Oct

Another blow to illegal ivory trade as Tanzania arrests notorious trafficker ...

Hong Kong Free Press
Another blow to illegal ivory trade as Tanzania arrests notorious trafficker ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A notorious elephant poacher and ivory trafficker has been arrested by Tanzanian law enforcement authorities after a manhunt that lasted for over one year, according to NGO Elephant Action League. Boniface Matthew Mariango, 45, nicknamed “The Devil” or ...

 

9 years ago

Voice Of America

13 Oct

Chinese Ivory Trafficker Arrested in Tanzania

Voice of America
Chinese Ivory Trafficker Arrested in Tanzania
Voice of America
October 13, 2015 2:19 PM. Tanzanian officials last week announced the arrest of a Chinese businesswoman they described as the “most important ivory trafficker ever arrested in the country.” The woman, who is being called the “Queen of Ivory,” is ...
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Tanzania police charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivoryNYSE...

 

9 years ago

News24

13 Oct

Chinese 'Ivory Queen' will fight Tanzanian charges

News24
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' will fight Tanzanian charges
News24
Kenyan officials display some of more than 1 600 pieces of illegal ivory found hidden inside bags of sesame seeds in freight travelling from Uganda, in Kenya's major port city of Mombasa. (File, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send ...
Chinese 'Queen of Ivory' Arrested in TanzaniaEnvironment News Service
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10 years ago

ABC Online

08 Nov

Tanzanian ivory not being sold to Chinese diplomats, allegations of buying ...

ABC Online
Tanzanian ivory not being sold to Chinese diplomats, allegations of buying ...
ABC Online
Tanzanian officials have dismissed claims Chinese diplomatic and military staff have purchased illegal white ivory while on official visits to East Africa made by an environmental activist group. The country's foreign minister said the report by the UK-based ...
State slams ivory smuggling claimDaily News
Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices doubleDaily Mail
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10 years ago

Businessweek

07 Nov

Tanzanian Foreign Minister Says No Proof Chinese Smuggled Ivory

The Africa Report
Tanzanian Foreign Minister Says No Proof Chinese Smuggled Ivory
Businessweek
There's no hard evidence in a report by an environmental group accusing Chinese state officials and businesspeople of smuggling ivory from Tanzania during a state visit in 2013, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe said. The London-based ...
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Tanzania investigates alleged ivory smuggling during Chinese state...

 

9 years ago

TODAYonline

12 Oct

Chinese 'Ivory Queen' innocent, will fight Tanzanian charges: lawyer

National Post
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' innocent, will fight Tanzanian charges: lawyer
TODAYonline
DAR ES SALAAM - A prominent Chinese businesswoman, dubbed the "Ivory Queen", is innocent of Tanzanian charges that she financed a criminal network responsible for smuggling tusks from more than 350 elephants, her lawyer said on Monday.
'Queen of Ivory' arrested, charged in major smuggling operationDigital Journal
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Queen of Ivory arrest to put...

 

9 years ago

Christian Science Monitor

09 Oct

Tanzania arrests Africa's most wanted ivory trafficker

Christian Science Monitor
Tanzania arrests Africa's most wanted ivory trafficker
Christian Science Monitor
Dubbed as the 'Queen of Ivory,' the Chinese businesswoman allegedly employed poachers in Tanzania for 14 years. By Beatrice Gitau, Staff October 8, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. A herd of adult and baby elephants walks in the dawn light as the ...
The News in photo of 8th October 2015Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Prosecutors say this 66-year-old Chinese...

 

9 years ago

Zegabi

13 Oct

Chinese 'Ivory Queen' to Fight Ivory Smuggling Charges in Tanzania

Zegabi
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' to Fight Ivory Smuggling Charges in Tanzania
Zegabi
8979794_G A 66-year-old Chinese woman who was arrested by a specialized wildlife task force in Tanzania last week will fight charges that she masterminded a multinational crime syndicate involved in smuggling over 700 tusks to Asia. On Monday, Yang ...
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Chinese 'Queen of Ivory' Arrested in TanzaniaEnvironment News Service
Wildlife...

 

9 years ago

Huffington Post

10 Oct

Tanzania Arrests The Notorious 'Queen Of Ivory'

Huffington Post
Tanzania Arrests The Notorious 'Queen Of Ivory'
Huffington Post
<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">Yang Associated Press Yang Feng Glan (center) allegedly trafficked ivory from East Africa to East Asia. Share on Pinterest. Tanzania took an important step this week to combat the ivory trade ...
'Queen of Ivory' arrested in TanzaniaCNN
Tanzania charges Chinese 'Ivory Queen' smuggling suspectReuters
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