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Ivory tusk smugglers caught at Dubai airport

Two transit passengers caught with pieces of elephant tusk in luggage Dubai Airport Security caught two Asian passengers who had 16 pieces of African elephant tusk in their luggage. The two travelers were coming from Africa on their way back to their home country through Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3, where security found the ivory […]

Vietnam Arrest Exposes Complex Illegal Ivory Traffic Routes

Two Vietnamese men were sentenced on Wednesday to 16 months in jail for smuggling African elephant ivory through Singapore. Changi Airport officers detected two luggage bags containing about 45kg of ivory, estimated to be worth at least S$60,000, on January 14. The bags had arrived in a flight from Dubai and were in transit to […]

Seizure of 259 elephant tusks in Dubai

Dubai customs authorities have announced the seizure of 259 elephant tusks, from Kenya, disguised as ‘furniture’ It is the biggest bust yet of contraband ivory in the UAE. So far this year, at least 5 tonnes of ivory have been reported seized – 1 tonne seized in Hong Kong, exported from Mombasa; 2 tonnes seized […]

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