Sentences with phrase «fueling illegal ivory trade»

TOKYO — Japan's ivory tusk registration system is awash with fraud, fueling illegal ivory trade and undermining international action to protect Africa's disappearing elephants under pressure from intense ivory poaching.

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Even though other countries are clamping down on illegal ivory, the unconstrained trade in Japan may offer loopholes for criminals to keep selling ivory — fuelling elephant poaching

Before Chinese demand for ivory began driving the black market and illegal killing of tens of thousands of elephants each year, it was Japan's market for hanko, personal seals used to sign contracts, that fueled the ivory trade.

But EIA President Allan Thornton added: «Japan is awash with illegal ivory trade and Rakuten's thousands of ivory ads help fuel the mass slaughter of elephants across Africa.

Interestingly, the legal ivory trade in China — which relied on stockpiled goods collected before the global ban — has inadvertently worked to harbor a booming illegal trade that has fueled poaching.