Togo arrests three over ivory haul

Police in Togo discover a container holding more than two tonnes of ivory destined for Vietnam, the second such find in a week.

It took only 10 minutes – between 7.30pm and 7.40pm – on July 5 for three Chinese nationals to cart through Julius Nyerere International Airport eight travel bags concealing ivory worth over Sh826 million, The Citizen can exclusively reveal today.

Kenya's government says it has seized illegal ivory from at least 114 elephants in the port city of Mombasa, its biggest find this year.

Nairobi. Police are hunting for a Tanzanian who had rented a house in Nyali, Mombasa, in connection with the Sh11.4bn (Ksh570m) ivory haul seized in Singapore last week.

>Ugandan wildlife officers have seized a huge haul of elephant ivory and pangolin scales, representing the deaths of hundreds of endangered animals, police said yesterday.

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Tanzania Arrests The Notorious 'Queen Of Ivory'
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<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">Yang Associated Press Yang Feng Glan (center) allegedly trafficked ivory from East Africa to East Asia. Share on Pinterest. Tanzania took an important step this week to combat the ivory trade ...
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Tanzania arrests Africa's most wanted ivory trafficker
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Dubbed as the 'Queen of Ivory,' the Chinese businesswoman allegedly employed poachers in Tanzania for 14 years. By Beatrice Gitau, Staff October 8, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. A herd of adult and baby elephants walks in the dawn light as the ...
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East Africa: Tanzania Arrests EA's Most Wanted Ivory Trafficker
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Police in Tanzanian has arrested one of the most wanted ivory traffickers in the East African region. Yang Feng Glan, nicknamed the "queen of Ivory" was tracked down by Tanzania's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit (NTSCIU) ...
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Tanzania Interpol arrests Kenyan mastermind over ivory trafficking
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DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- Police in Tanzania said on Tuesday the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has arrested a Kenyan businessman in connection with transnational organized crime in the East African region, including ivory ...
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