Kenya - Ivory smuggler jailed
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Kenya sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to 31 months in prison Thursday in a landmark ruling hailed as sending a powerful warning to poachers and smugglers.
The illegal ivory trade, estimated to be worth between US$7 billion and US$10 billion a year, is mostly fueled by demand in Asia and the Middle East, where elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns are used in traditional medicine and to make ornaments.
Chen Biemei, 30, was jailed for 31 months for trying to smuggle 6.9 kilograms of worked ivory she had disguised as 15 bags of macadamia nuts. Chen was arrested on August 14 as she tried to fly to Hong Kong.
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