How the ‘Ivory Queen’ trial gave Tanzania global pride
Chinese woman Yang Fenglan alias ‘Queen of Ivory’ leaves the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam in June last year. Her arrest and the successful prosecution of a $2.5 million ivory smuggling case she faced has won Tanzania accolades from international wildlife crime experts. PHOTO | FILE
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Wildlife crime experts say the arrest and the jailing of high-profile individuals accused of wildlife trafficking in Tanzania has offered an incredible lesson to African and Asian countries in taming the vice.
