Chinese ‘Queen of Ivory’ sentenced to 15 years in jail for tusk trafficking

Mongabay
Feb 20, 2019, 10:09 am192 pts
A Tanzanian court has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory,” to 15 years in prison for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 African elephants over several years. Yang, 69, was arrested in 2015 and charged with trafficking 860 ivory pieces, which, according to authorities,…

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