Tanzania cops charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivory

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Tanzania cops charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivory
News24
Dar es Salaam - A Chinese woman has been charged in a Tanzanian court with smuggling nearly 1.9 tons of ivory as wildlife activists applauded the move by Tanzanian authorities to crack down on the illegal ivory trade, which has devastated the elephant ...
Prosecutors Say This 66-Year-Old Chinese Woman is One of Africa's Most ...NDTV
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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Appeal

08 Oct

Tanzania police charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivory

Tanzania police charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivory
Appeal-Democrat
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — A Chinese woman has been charged in a Tanzanian court with smuggling nearly 1.9 tons of ivory. Businesswoman Yang Clan, 66, was charged Wednesday before Magistrate Renatus Lutatinisibwa alongside two ...

 

9 years ago

South China Morning Post (Subscription)

09 Oct

Tanzania charges Chinese woman dubbed the 'Queen of Ivory' for smuggling 700 tusks

South China Morning Post (subscription)
Tanzania charges Chinese woman dubbed the 'Queen of Ivory' for smuggling 700 tusks
South China Morning Post (subscription)
They call her the Queen of Ivory – a 66-year-old Chinese woman who became famous for her role in Africa's illegal wildlife trade. Over 15 years, she helped smuggle more than 700 elephant tusks out of Africa, officials said on Thursday. But as ...
'Queen of Ivory' charged in Tanzania in major crackdown on poachingThe Seattle...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Oct

Chinese woman faces Sh5.4bn ivory charge

A Chinese woman described by investigators as the “kingpin of ivory trading” was yesterday charged with smuggling elephant tusks worth Sh5.4 billion.

 

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 ...
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' innocent, will fight Tanzanian charges- lawyerReuters Africa
Chinese 'Queen of Ivory' Arrested in TanzaniaEnvironment News Service
Wildlife...

 

9 years ago

AsiaOne

10 Oct

'Queen of Ivory' faces charge in Tanzania over smuggling

AsiaOne
'Queen of Ivory' faces charge in Tanzania over smuggling
AsiaOne
Yang Fenglan, a Chinese woman dubbed the Queen of Ivory, was charged with smuggling ivory worth millions of dollars in a court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, according to a report by The Associated Press. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said ...
Tanzania Arrests The Notorious 'Queen Of Ivory'Huffington Post
'Queen of Ivory' arrested in TanzaniaCNN
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9 years ago

Reuters

09 Oct

Tanzania charges Chinese 'Ivory Queen' smuggling suspect

U.S. News & World Report
Tanzania charges Chinese 'Ivory Queen' smuggling suspect
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM A Tanzanian court has charged a prominent Chinese businesswoman, dubbed the 'Ivory Queen', with running a criminal network responsible for smuggling tusks from more than 350 elephants, court documents seen by Reuters on Friday ...
Tanzania: Wildlife Activists Praise Arrest of Chinese WomanABC News
'Queen of Ivory': Africa's infamous poaching mastermind nabbedFox News
The “Queen of Ivory”...

 

10 years ago

Washington Post

06 Nov

Chinese officials accused of smuggling ivory during state visit to Tanzania

CBC.ca
Chinese officials accused of smuggling ivory during state visit to Tanzania
Washington Post
BEIJING — When Chinese President Xi Jinping took a large government and business delegation to Tanzania on his inaugural trip abroad in March 2013, he took pains to emphasize that his country's growing ties with Africa would benefit the people of the ...
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa on state trip: reportCTV News
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa during state visits,...

 

11 years ago

Africa Science News Service

20 Jan

Nairobi to charge suspected Chinese ivory smuggler

Salon
Nairobi to charge suspected Chinese ivory smuggler
Africa Science News Service
A suspected Chinese ivory smuggler is expected to be arraigned in a Makadara Law Courts, Nairobi, Kenya this morning. Tang Yong Jian, 40, was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while on transit from Napula, Mozambique to ...
40-year-old Chinese man arrested at JKIA with ivory disguised as cupsThe Standard Digital News
Conservationists to Hong Kong: “Ivory is not art”Salon
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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
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