3 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 tusks
Ivory Coast, 11 Nov 2022
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 pieces of tusks weighing 26 kg. Their criminal operation stretched to Mali where this ivory was trafficked from. The markings on the ivory indicates corruption in Mali, authorities reselling of seized contraband back to criminals. The traffickers used a vehicle to move the contraband that was hidden in cardboard boxe.