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EXCLUSIVE: Confronting an Accused Ivory Smuggler | National Geographic


as part of his ivory trafficking
investigation
Brian Christie has led to a small West
African port in Loma Togo where the
largest African ivory seizure in over a
quarter century was recently discovered
by lieutenant year Ally one of the men
arrested at the scene is dinne who cow a
Vietnamese national who owns an
import-export business in lo man
Dinh is suspected of being a major
kingpin in the illicit ivory trade it
was lieutenant always revolutionary idea
that led to be arrests using a massive
x-ray scanner
ha we began inspecting containers not
just going into but out of the port they
identified 4 tons of ivory hidden inside
these containers
it’s the biggest seizure of ivory in
African history let’s compare this is
with the this is your one excellent so
Sally nice ok it looks like at low may
prison Brian is able to secure an
interview with den who cow the man being
charged in lieutenant Howie’s case you
know you get their frenzy day yeah so
you had no knowledge of how the ivory
got into your container
Virginia Beach I mean they are born
everything Gina Payne looking
weird analogy to the moon I’ve never
seen Harvey before thank you we are
hanging a boy do so in your home the
found 165 thousand dollars in cash Thai
Baht euros US dollars
sefa Vietnamese dong all in cash in your
house so you don’t make much money in
the timber business but you have one
hundred and sixty five thousand dollars
in cash and you have a brand-new Land
Rover he said I said you know my pan
said it’s a cool well it’s not a good
car I have seen the car I wish I had
that car
you
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