Nigeria emerges as Africa's primary export hub for ivory, pangolin scales
Nigeria emerges as Africa’s primary export hub for ivory, pangolin scales by Ashoka Mukpo on 21 January 2021 Increased political buy-in for law enforcement and interdiction efforts at ports in East Africa have pushed wildlife smuggling westward to Nigeria. Between 1998 and 2014, the top two countries associated with ivory seizures were Tanzania and Kenya. Since 2014, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo have overtaken them. Corruption at the ports, the involvement of influential politicians, and rural poverty make Nigeria an attractive waypoint for smugglers. When Singaporean custo...
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