Africa: Groundbreaking Report Commissioned By Born Free USA Uncovers Ivory Supply Chain From Poached African Elephants to Markets in Asia

Washington, DC — "Chinese traffickers are present in virtually every African range state, and operate at nearly every point along the ivory supply chain," according to new report

Today, Born Free USA and C4ADS released a groundbreaking report, Out of Africa: Mapping the Global Trade in Illicit Elephant Ivory, which focuses on the ivory supply chain and the trafficking of ivory from the bush in Africa to retail markets tens of thousands of miles away in Asia. This information comes four months after the groups' shocking report, Ivory's Curse: The Militarization and Professionalization of Poaching in Africa, which detailed the poaching crisis and its links to violent militias, organized crime, and government corruption. View the full report at www.bornfreeusa.org/OutOfAfrica.

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