Tanzania: 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 ...

AllAfrica.com

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Dec

Refugees face 20 yrs behind bars for ivory smuggling

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. 

 

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

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
The News in photo of 8th October 2015Daily News | The National Newspaper...

 

10 years ago

The Guardian

23 Dec

Elephant ivory smuggling 'kingpin' arrested in Tanzania

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 ...
Kenyan On 'Most Wanted' List for Poaching Arrested, Feisal Ali Nabbed By ...The Star
Interpol arrests Kenyan businessman linked to ivory...

 

9 years ago

News24

09 Oct

Tanzania cops charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivory

News24
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
The News in photo of 8th October 2015Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release)...

 

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”...

 

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 ...

 

10 years ago

Washington Post

23 Dec

Interpol: man wanted for ivory smuggling caught in Tanzania

BDlive
Interpol: man wanted for ivory smuggling caught in Tanzania
Washington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya — An official with the international police agency says police have arrested an alleged ivory trafficker, who had been on the run for months. The head of Interpol in Kenya, Vitalis Okumu, said Tuesday that Kenyan police arrested Feisal Ali at a ...
Elephant ivory smuggling 'kingpin' arrested in TanzaniaThe Guardian
Kenyan On 'Most Wanted' List for Poaching Arrested, Feisal Ali Nabbed By ...The...

 

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