by Adam Cruise | Jan 26, 2022 | News
By Xinhua BEIJING: China has seen a significant decline in ivory smuggling, as efforts to clamp down on the practice intensified, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday. The total volume of seized ivory products plunged to 68 kg last year from...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 5, 2019 | News
By Caroline Kwok, The South China Morning Post Over 2.4 tonnes of elephant tusks and contraband related to the illegal ivory trade was put on display by customs officers in China’s southern Guangxi autonomous region on December 2, 2019. In one of the largest...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 23, 2019 | News
Xinhua CHANGSHA: At the departure hall of the Changsha Huanghua Airport, milk-white bracelets, necklaces and chopsticks were placed on an azure velvet table. However, there were no price tags. Instead, a blackboard next to them indicated that they were ivory crafts...