Sh800m TZ ivory seized in Switzerland

The anti-poaching squad in Manyoni District has seized a total of 61 elephant tusks valued at Sh176.7 million during the past seven days.

The government has launched an investigation to establish how 262 kilogrammes of ivory worth $413,000 (Sh826 million) were smuggled out through Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) last month.

Three tonnes of confiscated ivory worth more than $6m (£3.7m) is publicly destroyed in France to raise international pressure against elephant poaching.

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

Top security officer at Julius Nyerere International Airport arrested as investigation into haul seized in Switzerland gathers pace

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Uganda’s top wildlife official was suspended Thursday after seized ivory worth over a million dollars vanished from government strongrooms, state-run media said, although he insisted he kept his post.

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Switzerland inakabiliana na Ufaransa kartika mechi ambayo lazima ishinde ilikuimarisha nafasi yake ya kusonga mbele