Tanzania court jails four Chinese men for rhino horn smuggling

Daily Mail
Tanzania court jails four Chinese men for rhino horn smuggling
euronews
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has sentenced four Chinese men to 20 years in jail each after they were convicted of smuggling rhino horns, part of a crackdown in sub-Saharan Africa on lucrative illegal poaching of protected wildlife. The East ...
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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Reuters

25 Nov

Tanzania charges four Chinese for rhino horn smuggling

Tanzania charges four Chinese for rhino horn smuggling
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM Nov 25 A Tanzanian court has charged four Chinese nationals for smuggling rhino horns, a senior police official said on Wednesday, pointing to further gains in the fight against the illegal trade. Last month, Tanzania, which relies ...

 

9 years ago

Capital FM Kenya (Press Release) (Blog)

19 Dec

Tanzania jails 4 Chinese for 20 yrs for smuggling rhino horns

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 ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Nov

Court told how Chinese men ‘concealed’ rhino horns in car

Four Chinese nationals on trial for smuggling 11 rhino horns worth over Sh900 million had concealed their haul in a bogus fuel tank welded to a chassis of a pickup they were driving from Malawi.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Dec

Sh900 rhino horn smuggling case ongoing

Four Chinese nationals on trial for smuggling 11 rhino horns worth Sh902.8 million have a case to answer, a court in Mbeya Region ruled yesterday.

 

9 years ago

BBC

Court lifts SA rhino horn trade ban

A South Africa court lifts a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horns which was imposed by the government in 2009 to stem poaching.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Dec

Chinese get 20-year jail term for smuggling 11 rhino horns

The four convicts were also ordered to pay Sh10.8bn fine. Their case was heard for 23 days

 

9 years ago

The News International

19 Dec

Tanzania jails four Chinese

Voice of America
Tanzania jails four Chinese
The News International
DAR ES SALAAM: A Tanzanian court jailed four Chinese men for 20 years after they were caught smuggling 11 rhino horns, one of the largest seizures ever made in the east African nation, a lawyer said on Friday. "The convicts are also required to pay a ...
Tanzania court jails four Chinese men for rhino horn smugglingReuters

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AFP

19 Mar

Tanzania jails Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years

Tanzania jails Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years
AFP
Dar es Salaam — A court in Tanzania jailed on Wednesday a Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years amid a crackdown to stem a surge in poaching. Yu Bo, 45, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of 81 elephant tusks and the skins of two pangolins, which are ...

 

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 ...

 

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