Tanzania charges four Chinese for rhino horn smuggling


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A Tanzanian court has charged four Chinese nationals for smuggling rhino horns, a senior police official said on Wednesday, pointing to further gains in the fight against the illegal trade.

Last month, Tanzania, which relies heavily on revenues from safari tourism, charged a prominent Chinese businesswoman, Yang Feng Glan, 66, dubbed the 'Ivory Queen', with running a network that smuggled tusks from more than 350 elephants.

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