Ivory trade thriving in Laos amid crackdown in neighbouring countries
The illegal sale of African ivory in Laos is surging even as neighbouring China phases out its own legal market, a report claims.
Save The Elephants, a Kenya-based conservation group, said on Thursday that the number of Chinese-owned retail outlets selling elephant ivory in the Southeast Asian country increased significantly between 2013 and 2016, and that the majority of buyers are visitors from China.
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