Malaysian logistics company faces prosecution following massive ivory haul

Royal Malaysian Customs seized 2 342 pieces of elephant ivory weighing a staggering six tonnes concealed in two containers with wood shipped from Lomé, Togo late last year. The two containers, declared to contain wooden floor tiles, were detained at Port Klang, Malaysia. The ivory was hidden in secret compartments about one metre deep among stacks of sawed mahogany wood. A Malaysian logistics company is being investigated under the International Trade in Endangered Species Act of 2008 for import, in transit or re-export of scheduled species without a valid permit which carries a maximum jail term of seven years upon conviction. He also faces charges of false declaration which provides for a maximum jail term of five years.