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Tue 12 Dec 2009100 arrested in crackdown on illegal ivory trade
AUTHORITIES IN six African countries seized more than two tonnes of ivory and arrested 100 people as part of an operation that has been described as one of the biggest ever to crack down on wildlife crime, international crime fighting organisation Interpol announced yesterday.
Operation Costa is part of wider Interpol efforts both to stop illegal trade in ivory, horns, skins and animals, and also to help African countries – in this case, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda – get better at fighting crime that cuts across borders.
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