The Ivory Queen of China was just hit with a 15-year prison term for smuggling illegal ivory in Asia. A court in Tanzania found Yang Feng Glan, who earned the nickname “Ivory Queen” for her unlawful ...

A Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory” has been arrested in Tanzania. Yang Feng Glan, 66, has been charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks with a street value of $2.5 million Tanzania has ...

JOHANNESBURG – Authorities in Africa hunted down one of their biggest trophies to date last week -- an ivory-trafficking mastermind they say is at the center of a trade that has seen more than 500,000 ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 ...

A Chinese woman, nicknamed the 'Queen of Ivory' and thought to be one of Africa's most notorious traffickers, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, Tanzanian authorities told CNN. A Chinese woman, ...

Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory,” to 15 years in prison for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 African elephants over several years. Yang, 69, was ...

Chinese businesswoman Yang Feng Glan is escorted at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Reuters DAR ES SALAAM — A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — In what is being lauded as a major crackdown on the illegal ivory trade, a Chinese woman, dubbed the “Queen of Ivory,” has been charged in a Tanzanian court with smuggling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" was sentenced to 15 ...

TANZANIA, Africa. – A Chinese woman, nicknamed the ‘Queen of Ivory’ and thought to be one of Africa’s most notorious traffickers, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, Tanzanian authorities told ...