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1. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong seizes 113 smuggled ivory tusks worth HK$3m

   Posted May 01st 2013, 01:17pm by AFP

   ... News Hong Kong Ivory Smuggling Hong Kong customs Ivory tusks Agence France-Presse Hong Kong customs officers have seized 113 ivory tusks worth about HK$3 million on the Chinese ivory market, officials said on Wednesday. The smuggled ivory was seized at the airport on Tuesday in a container marked “spare parts” from Burundi which was bound for Singapore, said an official ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1227435/hong-kong-seizes-113-smuggled-ivory-tusks-worth-hk3m
2. News - World - KENYA

   Chinese ivory smuggler caught in Kenya fined less than US$1 a piece

   Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Illegal ivory trade Ivory Smuggling Kenya Agence France-Presse in Nairobi A Chinese smuggler caught in Kenya with a haul of ivory was fined less than a dollar a piece, wildlife officials said yesterday. Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto said Tian Yi was arrested on Sunday while in transit in Nairobi carrying 439 pieces of worked ivory. The ivory, cut ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1200630/chinese-ivory-smuggler-caught-kenya-fined-less-us1-piece
3. News - World - KENYA

   Chinese ivory smugglers fined just US$340

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Ivory Smuggling Fine Kenya Punishment Ivory Agence France-Presse in Nairobi Judge calls for new laws after four are seized with haul worth thousands Four Chinese men who pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court to smuggling thousands of dollars worth of ivory were yesterday fined just US$340 each. During sentencing in Nairobi, Magistrate Timothy Okello regretted ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1138923/chinese-ivory-smugglers-fined-just-us340
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Educate public about lethal nature of ivory trade

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... and their criminal clients. However repugnant, the ivory trade is not to be compared with smuggling hard drugs. But the latest seizure is a reminder that Hong Kong's location as a transport ... and other countries where it is considered a status symbol to own a piece of ivory, that these people young and old will be made aware of the cruel & horrible tortuous death these fabulous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1126491/educate-public-about-lethal-nature-ivory-trade
5. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

   Customs seize HK$27m haul of smuggled ivory at Kwai Chung

   Posted Oct 21st 2012, 12:00am by Thomas Chan

   ... ever seizures of illicit ivory - a haul of tusks which cost the lives of 600 African elephants - has been made in Hong Kong. The raid was the outcome of a two-month-long, cross-border ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1066055/customs-seize-hk27m-haul-smuggled-ivory-kwai-chung
6. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippines police probe Catholic Church's link to illegal ivory trade

   Posted Sep 27th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Ivory Philippines ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1047957/philippines-police-probe-catholic-churchs-link-illegal-ivory-trade
7. News - Asia

   Briefs, February 4, 2013

   Posted Feb 04th 2013, 12:00am by VARIOUS

   ... predicting how radiation would spread from the crippled nuclear power plant. AFP   Thai policeman nabbed for ivory smuggling BANGKOK - A Thai policeman was arrested after he was caught trying ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1142683/briefs-february-4-2013
8. News - Hong Kong - SMUGGLING

   Security fears over seized-ivory stockpile

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by Lana Lam

   ... of elephant ivory. She cited fears it may be targeted by criminal syndicates looking to steal the lucrative contraband known as "white gold". "It's always a concern having ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1126684/security-fears-over-seized-ivory-stockpile
9. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong customs seize over HK$10m in illegal ivory

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 02:57pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... load seized at port in Hong Kong Customs seize HK$27m haul of smuggled ivory at Kwai Chung ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1119782/hong-kong-customs-seize-over-hk10m-illegal-ivory
10. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

    Ivory haul from Kenya hidden among stones

    Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by JOLIE HO

    ... and November. But officials yesterday denied that Hong Kong is becoming a regional hub for the illegal trade, saying that statistically there has been no obvious increase in ivory seizures over the past ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120071/ivory-haul-kenya-hidden-among-stones

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