Greater than 2 tonnes involving tusks from elephants, have been unlawfully taken and directly transported into Vietnam via Mozambique0.  Thankfully the ivory was confiscated before it could be sold on the black market, the state mentioned.  The many tonnes(about 2.3) involving tusks,  and around 830 unique items, were found upon amongst bags involving coffee beans.

The local papers stated this transport had been intended to be sent to a nearby business authorized within the communist nation.  This statement did not mentioned the organization, nevertheless, they denied purchasing this delivery.

Tusks along with other parts of the body associated with elephants tend to be valued for adornment because amulets are utilized in traditional medicinal practises throughout areas associated with Asian countries.  This is in spite of an absence of expert scientific proof because their belief system is much stronger. Vietnam banned this trade of ivory back in ’92, however stores can still market the rare ivory if they were a legal company selling it before the barred year.

However the nation’s underground community stills flourishes with ivory tusk as the most popular items and can be sold  as high as 2000 bucks USD.  The worldwide Ivory industry, along with rare exclusions, continues to be banned since 1990s after the decrease of the populace associated with Africa elephants that had population of many millions throughout the middle part of the 20th centuries.  Today there are only six hundred thousand.