Ivory smugglers exposed using fake elephant tusks with GPS trackers inside!

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Ivory smugglers exposed using fake elephant tusks with GPS trackers inside!
Biotechin.Asia
Confiscated elephant tusks, with square holes where a part of the tusk were taken for DNA sampling, are seen at the grounds of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) headquarters at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife in Manila on June 20, 2013.
Video: Ivory Trade and Slave Trade Linked Throughout HistoryNational Geographic

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Huffington Post

04 Sep

Artificial Elephant Tusks Are Being Used To Help Track The Illegal Ivory Trade

Huffington Post
Artificial Elephant Tusks Are Being Used To Help Track The Illegal Ivory Trade
Huffington Post
The replicas are equipped with GPS tracking technology to allow law enforcement to follow their path. Headshot of Joseph Erbentraut. Joseph Erbentraut Chicago Editor, The Huffington Post. Posted: 09/04/2015 02:07 PM EDT.
Video: Ivory Trade and Slave Trade Linked Throughout HistoryNational Geographic
Ivory smugglers exposed using fake elephant tusks with GPS trackers...

 

9 years ago

The Guardian

08 Oct

Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks

The Guardian
Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks
The Guardian
Ivory is prized for ornamental use in China. The Elephant Action League described Yang Feng Glan as 'the most important ivory trafficker ever arrested' in Tanzania. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images. by David Smith. Thursday 8 October 2015 ...
Prosecutors say this 66-year-old Chinese woman is one of Africa's most ...Washington Post
Tanzania police charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivoryWBTW -...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

18 Aug

Senior policeman arrested with elephant tusks in northwest Kenya

Coastweek
Senior policeman arrested with elephant tusks in northwest Kenya
GlobalPost
NAROK, Kenya, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Police said on Monday a senior Kenyan police officer and another suspect were arrested with two elephant's tusks worth 71,000 U.S. dollars in Narok, about 100 km southwest of the country's capital Nairobi.
Police officer among two arrested with Sh6.2 million elephant tusks in NarokThe Star
Millions of wildebeest cross Mara river during August migrationCoastweek

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9 years ago

Daily News

02 Sep

Three charged for organised crime and illegal possession of elephant tusks

Three charged for organised crime and illegal possession of elephant tusks
Daily News
THREE people appeared before Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam charged for organised crime and being found with elephant tusks valued at 126m/-, property of the government, without any permit. They are Suleiman Mohamed (36), ...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

23 Jan

Tanzania police seize 61 elephant tusks in southern region

Tanzania police seize 61 elephant tusks in southern region
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Police in Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara said on Thursday that they have seized 61 elephant tusks and arrested two suspects in connection with the tusks. Augustine Ollomi, Mtwara regional police commander, ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

04 Apr

Mtwara resident nabbed with 35 elephant tusks worth over 400m/=

Mtwara resident nabbed with 35 elephant tusks worth over 400m/=
IPPmedia
Police have arrested Julius Abeid (32), a resident at Likula Village, Nanyumbu District in Mtwara region with 35 elephant tusks worth 451,440,000/-. Mtwara Regional Police Commander Zelothe Stephen told a news conference here yesterday that the suspect ...

 

10 years ago

ITV News

23 Apr

Exposed: Tanzania's elephant killing fields

ITV News
Exposed: Tanzania's elephant killing fields
ITV News
Half the elephants in one of Africa's largest national parks - over 4,000 animals - have been killed by poachers in a single year, according to new research. Elephant numbers in Tanzania's Ruaha National Park have dropped from 8,500 in 2014 to just over ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

12 May

Drug Dealers, Ivory Smugglers Think Twice!

Drug Dealers, Ivory Smugglers Think Twice!
AllAfrica.com
The government and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the United States of America have launched a 'Canine Detection Programme.' Through this programme, Tanzanian police officers with specially-trained dogs will be posted at the Dar es ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Aug

Cunning Chinese ivory smugglers unmasked

Details of the three Chinese nationals who smuggled ivory worth over Sh820 million out of the country last month can be exclusively revealed today by The Citizen.

 

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