Customs officials found 625 kilograms of ivory after opening several packages declared as marble clocks destined for Vietnam

A major gang is being investigated for allegedly smuggling large consignments of ivory, including 1,493 kilograms seized in Vietnam in...

They were cut into pieces and sent as a gift to a man in HCMC from the Czech Republic

Owner is known as a major supplier of wildlife for restaurants in Hanoi

The consignment was headed for Mong Cai town near the border with China

Vietnam has banned ivory trade since the 1990s

Customs officers found two suspicious boxes on a Turkish Airlines flight

Foreign citizens from France, Germany, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon were among the victims.

  Earlier this year, in just one week, the dog team sniffed out four separate bags carrying ivory home.

Three people said they had been hired to carry the ivory from Angola to Vietnam

 

 

835 pieces of elephant tusks were hidden in bags of beans

French customs suspect they are part of an organized smuggling ring

Authorities also caught smugglers from Laos trying to bring ivory statues to Hanoi