Ivory trade no longer elephant in corner

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY, the General Administration of Customs said that it had confiscated 7.48 tons of ivory and smashed a smuggling chain. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

The case is the biggest of its kind in recent years. According to official data, customs nationwide have solved 53 ivory cases so far this year, involving 27 smuggling groups and 171 suspects. The total weight of ivory and ivory products confiscated amounts to 8.48 tons.

Besides the ivory cases, customs nationwide have also solved 1,870 cases involving endangered species and confiscated 103.4 tons of endangered species and their products.