China banned ivory, but Vietnamese gangs keep the trade alive
Three months after leaving an inland port far up the Congo River, a consignment of timber arrived in Vietnam this summer concealing a secret it would take customs officials three weeks to uncover: nearly 1.2 tonnes of elephant ivory, smuggled halfway across the world.
Tracking data reviewed by This Week in Asia shows t
China banned ivory, but Vietnamese gangs keep the trade alive
Three months after leaving an inland port far up the Congo River, a consignment of timber arrived in Vietnam this summer concealing a secret it would take customs officials three weeks to uncover: nearly 1.2 tonnes of elephant ivory, smuggled halfway across the world.
Tracking data reviewed by This Week in Asia shows t
