UK troops to tackle ivory poaching

How drones may be used to fight wildlife poaching in Africa

The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (Tato) is confident with the way the government responded to tourism challenges but it wants a faster pace in addressing poaching and improving the tourism business environment.

Maputo – A Mozambican court has ordered a Chinese timber company, Tienhe, to pay a fine of $3.5 million and withdrew its licence of operating in the country because it was involved in smuggling rhino horns.

>The price of ivory from African elephants has tripled in the world’s biggest market -- China -- reports say.

Blasting News
Most wanted ivory poaching mastermind arrested in Tanzania.
Blasting News
On 29 October 2015, a huge step forward in the war against the ivory poaching syndicates took place when the Serious Crimes National and International Unit arrested Boniface Matthew Mariango in Tanzania. This major arrest follows the recent arrest of ...
Another blow to illegal ivory trade as Tanzania arrests notorious trafficker ...Hong Kong Free Press

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The News
Chinese appetite for ivory blamed for rising poaching of elephants
The News
Mizengo Peter Pinda, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania together with H.E. Hui Liangyu, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and .. Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to ...
Chinese officials 'went on illegal ivory buying sprees'Yahoo News
Chinese demand for ivory is devastating Tanzania's elephant populationThe...

Fox News
'Queen of Ivory': Africa's infamous poaching mastermind nabbed
Fox News
JOHANNESBURG – Authorities in Africa hunted down one of their biggest trophies to date last week -- an ivory-trafficking mastermind they say is at the center of a trade that has seen more than 500,000 elephants killed for their tusks in recent decades.
East Africa: Tanzania Arrests EA's Most Wanted Ivory TraffickerAllAfrica.com
8 Oct, 12:10 - Police Arrest Most Wanted Ivory TraffickerUganda Radio Network
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Washington Post
'Queen of Ivory' charged in Tanzania in major crackdown on poaching
The Seattle Times
The Chinese businesswoman, now thought to be the most notorious ivory trafficker brought to task so far in the war against elephant poaching, is believed to be behind the trafficking of a huge quantity of ivory over the past several years. By Seattle ...
Prosecutors say this 66-year-old Chinese woman is one of Africa's most ...Washington Post
Tanzania arrests Africa's most wanted ivory...

ITV News
Exposed: The brutal world of Tanzania's illegal ivory poaching industry
ITV News
Barefoot and handcuffed, five men climbed from the Toyota pickup that brought them from deep in the African bush to the anonymous city-centre compound that houses Tanzania's elite and secretive Anti-Poaching Task Force. tanzania_clip2_web04 ...