(Posted 13th August 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Mary Rice, Mongabay (U.S), August 11, 2026 |
| In early March 2026, the Environmental Investigation Agency UK, Zambian authorities seized a consignment of more than 500 kg (over 1,100 pounds) of ivory and arrested a suspect with long-standing links to regional ivory trafficking operations. One of the suspects involved in the case was convicted in 2019 for possession of more than 200 kg (almost 441 lbs) of ivory and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2020. He was released after a matter of months and has continued trading ivory ever since. |
| Read more (2 min) |
