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Boom in African Ivory Looms as Global Security Threat
June 02, 2014 3:27 PM
By
William Eagle
Western governments step up enforcement against Africa's poachers as organized crime syndicates realize bigger profits from slaughter of elephants, rhinos and hippos
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TOGO: Police in Togo paraded a Vietnamese national and two local accomplices charged with possession of two tons of ivory destined for Vietnam. Similar arrests are being made in several African countries but many poachers and dealers go undiscovered or unpunished.
Boom in African Ivory Looms as Global Security Threat
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