Vietnamese authorities on Monday seized seven tonnes of ivory smuggled from Angola, the largest seizure of wildlife products in years, the government said.
Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items often found smuggled into the country include pangolin scales, rhino horns and tiger carcasses.
Customs authorities in Haiphong City on Monday found the ivory hidden in a container declared to customs as peanuts, the government said in a statement, adding that the cargo had transited via Singapore.Last month, a court in Vietnam sentenced a man to for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns.Reporting by Khanh Vu Editing by Bernadette Baum
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