Refugees face 20 yrs behind bars for ivory smuggling

Tanzania: Refugees Face 20 Yrs Behind Bars for Ivory Smuggling
AllAfrica.com
Two Burundian refugees from Katumba refugee camp at Mlele District in Katavi Region; Stephano Jonas, 22, and Franko Hamisi, 18 were sentenced to 20 years in jail for possession of elephants tusks. Mpanda District Court Resident Odira Amwol said that ...

Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog)
Tanzania jails 4 Chinese for 20 yrs for smuggling rhino horns
Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog)
The four men, identified as Song Lei, Xiao Shaodan, Chen Jianlian and Hu Liang, were arrested in the Mbeya region last month as they crossed into Tanzania from Malawi. They were sentenced on Wednesday/file. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dec 18 – A ...

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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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Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has warned refugees who are arriving from Burundi not to come with firearms as they will not be allowed to enter refugee camps.

A Kenyan businessman suspected of being behind an international ivory smuggling ring has been arrested in Tanzania.

Fox News
Ivory smuggling 'kingpin' charged in Kenya
Daily Mail
A Kenyan court Wednesday charged a suspected kingpin of the illegal ivory trade, described as an "environmental criminal", with smuggling tusks. Kenyan national Feisal Mohammed Ali, who figured on an Interpol list of nine most wanted suspects linked to ...
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Ivory kingpin caught after months on runThe Times (subscription)
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
State slams ivory smuggling claim
Daily News
THE government has strongly refuted allegation by a United States-based Nongovernmental Organisation (NGO) that alleged some Chinese officials sneaked out of the country illegal ivory during the visit by President Xi Jinping of China in Tanzania last year.
Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices doubleDaily Mail
Did Chinese Officials Smuggle Ivory On A State Trip To Tanzania?AFKInsider
Tanzania Denies...

>Police confirmed yesterday the arrest of the suspected mastermind behind ivory trafficking across the East African region.

The Guardian
Elephant ivory smuggling 'kingpin' arrested in Tanzania
The Guardian
Feisal Mohamed Ali, bottom-right, has been arrested in Tanzania following an Interpol most-wanted list. Photograph: Interpol. AFP. Tuesday 23 December 2014 07.19 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...
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Interpol arrests Kenyan businessman linked to ivory...