A new investigation has been ordered in Uganda into whether staff at the country’s wildlife agency conspired with Chinese diplomats to export illegal ivory.
Five senior officials were suspended two years ago after it was discovered that confiscated ivory had gone missing from a Uganda Wildlife Agency strongroom.
Police in Uganda have made several large seizures of ivory since then – some destined for Singapore.
Officials at the Chinese Embassy in Kampala were unavailable for comment.
Uganda is thought to be a major transit point for trafficking ivory from the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source – BBC
