Ivory Smuggling

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

27 Mar 2013

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...

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Briefs, February 4, 2013

4 Feb 2013

Police have questioned a former head of the nuclear safety body about possible criminal charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, reports said. Prosecutors interviewed Haruki Madarame, former...

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Chinese ivory smugglers fined just US$340

30 Jan 2013

During sentencing in Nairobi, Magistrate Timothy Okello regretted the defendants' crime "is still considered a petty offence" and called for Kenyan laws "to be amended to reflect the gravity of...

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Four Chinese men in Kenyan court over ivory smuggling

29 Jan 2013

Four Chinese men appeared in a Kenyan court on Monday charged with smuggling ivory, a judicial official said.

The men were arrested on Sunday carrying ivory products, including 40...

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Briefs, January 29, 2013

29 Jan 2013

Radio show that staged royal hoax scrapped

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Briefs, January 17, 2013

17 Jan 2013

Pakistan accused India of "warmongering" and lodged a protest after another soldier was killed in disputed Kashmir in a flare-up that threatens to derail peace negotiations. Diplomats on both...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Security fears over seized-ivory stockpile

A leading expert on elephant conservation has urged the government to step up security at a top-secret location housing a massive stockpile of elephant ivory. She cited fears it may be targeted by...

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Donated elephant tusks teach schoolchildren reality of a cruel trade

Pupils at the Belilios Public School in North Point received an unusual gift from the government last year: dozens of illegal items seized by customs, including more than 50kg of ivory.

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Educate public about lethal nature of ivory trade

How many slaughtered African elephants does 1.3 tonnes of ivory tusks represent? It is hard to tell when they are cut into 779 pieces and hidden amid other container cargo.

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CRIME

Ivory haul from Kenya hidden among stones

Ivory smugglers are finding new ways to bring banned elephant tusks into Hong Kong, Customs officials said yesterday as they announced the third largest seizure of raw tusks in three months.

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