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Massive Ivory Stash Seized In Malaysia
Malaysian Customs officers uncovered illegal ivory concealed within secret compartments in a shipment. (Getty Images) The Royal Malaysian Customs has received congratulatory messages from South...
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Chinese Customs destroys half a ton of ivory worth £3m
Chinese authorities destroyed more than half a tonne of confiscated ivory in Beijing here the other day. The public event, organised by the Chinese State Forestry Administration and the Customs...
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Ivory worth $4.4m seized in Vietnam
Customs officers in Vietnam seized more than two tons of elephant tusks, eight days after confiscating an ivory shipment weighing nearly a ton, authorities said. Picture: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul...
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Customs Vietnam make 2nd huge Ivory Bust in a fortnight
Customs officers in central Vietnam have seized a tonne of ivory and four tonnes of the scaly hide of the pangolin, according to authorities today. Officials found the contraband on Tuesday inside a...
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Singapore destroys 8 tonnes of illegal ivory
Singapore on Monday crushed and burnt almost eight tonnes of ivory confiscated over two years to try to deter smugglers as activists called for tighter enforcement. Over 2,700 elephant tusks weighing...
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Yesterday’s nuclear testing reveals the brutality of today’s illegal ivory trade
Reserach by the University of Washington reveals a dramatic decline in elephant populations in the 1980s prompted the international community to ban ivory trading at the end of the decade. But more...
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Record 7,2 Tonne Ivory Seizure in Hong Kong
Customs officers in Hong Kong seized 7.2 tons of ivory from a shipping container arriving from Malaysia on July 4. The seizure was made at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound, and...
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Vietnam seizes 3 tons of ivory smuggled from South Africa
Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly three tonnes of ivory hidden among boxes of fruit, officials said on Sunday, the latest haul to spotlight the country’s key role in the global wildlife...
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Singapore seizes tusks from 300 elephants in ivory haul worth $12.9 million
Authorities in Singapore have stopped a shipment of almost 9 tonnes (9.9 US tons) of ivory, the largest seizure of its kind in the nation’s history. The 8.8-tonne (9.7-US ton) haul was passing through...
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