Malaysia a transit point in ivory trade


Smuggled ivory

KUALA LUMPUR: A new analysis by wild­­life trade watchdog Traffic has found that Malaysia has become the world’s leading transit country for African ivory bound for the Asian market.

Some 66 seizures worldwide from January 2003 to May 2014 and involved a total of 63 tonnes have been linked to Malaysia. Nineteen of the seizures were made in Malaysia.

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