Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks
by by David Smith from on (#PWXF)
Yang Feng Glan, kingpin between east African poaching syndicates and Chinese buyers, accused in Tanzania of smuggling ivory worth 1.62m
A Chinese woman dubbed the "ivory queen" for her alleged leadership of one of Africa's biggest ivory smuggling rings has been captured and charged.
Yang Feng Glan is accused of smuggling 706 elephant tusks worth 1.62m from Tanzania to the far east. The Elephant Action League, a US-based campaign group, described her as "the most important ivory trafficker ever arrested in the country".
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