Tanzanian charged for smuggling over 1,000 elephant tusks
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
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Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
...
Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
Tanzanian charged for smuggling over 1,000 elephant tusks
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
...
Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
...
Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
Tanzanian charged for smuggling over 1,000 elephant tusks
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
...
Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
(AFP) ARUSHA, Tanzania — A Tanzanian businessman was charged Friday with smuggling more than a thousand elephant ivory tusks, officials said.
"Selemani Isanzu Chasema, in his 50s, is believed to have exported 781 tusks through Malawi," in May, prosecuting attorney Tumaini Kweka told AFP.
...
Chasema, who denied the charges, was arrested earlier this month in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam with 347 elephant tusks.
If found guilty, he could face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
Poaching has risen sharply in Africa in recent years, with gunmen wiping out whole herds of elephants as well as targeting rhinos.
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