On Monday, Vietnamese authorities announced a seizure of seven tons of ivory in Angola, the largest seizure of the type in recent years.
According to the official journal, the ivory was found by customs at the northern port of Haiphong in a container that was believed to contain peanuts.
Photos released by the customs office show hundreds of long ivory tusks stacked in front of an open container.
According to officials, the cargo was shipped to Vietnam via Singapore.
Elephant tusks and other body parts are used as talismans and used in traditional medicine in parts of Asia, although there is no scientific evidence for such medicinal properties.
Vietnam officially banned the ivory trade in 1992, but the country remains the hub for illegal wildlife trafficking in Asia.
More than 60 tons of ivory, pangolin scales and rhino horn have been seized in Vietnamese seaports since 2018, according to a 2021 report by the wildlife NGO Education for Nature Vietnam.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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