Al-Shabab links with Ivory coast illegal elephant tusk Poaching

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'Africa's white gold of Jihad': Italy crushes huge £3.6million haul of ivory with a steamroller after finding links between Somali terror group Al-Shabaab and the illegal elephant tusk poaching trade

A tonne of ivory worth around £3.6million was today crushed in Italy after an investigation linked the illegal tusk poaching trade to a Somali terror group.
Government officials posed triumphantly next to the huge haul of tusks and carved models, which was destroyed using an industrial stone crusher and a steamroller before being disposed of permanently.
Officials didn't officially put a price on the pile, but a haul half the size that was seized in China earlier this month was said to be worth more than £1.8million on the black market.




It was part of a joint initiative between the government and the Elephant Action League (EAL), which created a report - Africa's White Gold of Jihad - which found links between the illegal trade of ivory and Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab.

EAL co-founder Andrea Costa, said: 'Behind elephant poaching and ivory trafficking there is a huge human toll and corruption at all levels from money laundering to weapons trafficking, and the exploitation of entire local communities.'

The crushing, billed as a fight against poaching and the illegal trafficking of ivory, rhino horn and timber, was a public event held at Rome's ancient racing stadium, Circus Maximus.

t was a joint effort between the Italian Ministry of Environment, the Italian Forest Police, and the EAL, and government officials also welcomed Kenyan dignitaries ahead of a similar event in Africa next month.
Kenya on Wednesday launched a three-week amnesty to hand in ivory and rhino horn ahead of the world's biggest burning of ivory in April.
The mass burning, the vast majority of its ivory and rhino horn stockpile, will amount to some 105 tonnes of ivory, seven times the size of any ivory stockpile destroyed so far, as well as 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

[smooth]

I want you guys to prepare a glass of cold water first, then google the only Somali business that operates in Ivory Coast.

[barbarossa]

Let me guess, Dahabshiil is involved in this illegal ivory trade and the proceeds went directly to Alshabaab coffers.

[Snailland12]

im honestly done, the length smooth goes to,

there are no elephants in somalia anymore, it has been like that for 20 years, where are they getting all these tusks from then

[Prlnce]

[TheblueNwhite]

What?

[LobsterUnit]

I want you guys to prepare a glass of cold water first, then google the only Somali business that operates in Ivory Coast.

D--a--h-l?

[original dervish]

Only dumb Africans can be convinced to destroy their natural wealth.
Why can't the ivory be sold and the proceeds invested in the local communities.