VOV.VN - Customs officials operating in Da Nang said on January 13 that they had successfully seized nearly seven tonnes of ivory and pangolin scales from a suspicious container which had recently been shipped from Nigeria to Tien Sa Port in the central city.
The customs declaration claimed that the contents of the shipment was cashew nuts. However, upon opening the container, officers found a total of 456 kilograms of ivory and around 6.2 tonnes of pangolin scales inside.
The endangered wildlife products are strictly banned from being traded in, imported to, or exported from the nation as they are protected under the terms of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to which the country has been a member since 1994.
Da Nang customs, in conjunction with other relevant agencies, are in the process of launching a further investigation into the alleged smuggling.
The People’s Court of northern Hung Yen province on June 2 sentenced a man to five years and three months in jail for storing 780 kg of pangolin scales - a type of banned goods - in accordance with Clause 3, Article 191 of the 2015 Penal Code (revised and supplemented in 2017).
VOV.VN - Police forces in Hanoi claimed on May 19 to have broken up the largest pangolin scale smuggling ring ever detected in Vietnam.
Customs and police officers in the northern city of Hai Phong have discovered 3,446 kg of ivory and 3,977 kg of pangolin scales hidden inside a container.
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