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8/14/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.490-8/14/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Togo arrests large-scale ivory trafficker.
A small country in Western Africa, which land size is the 125th largest in the world, with a population of approximately seven million has been known as a trafficking point for ivory, whose trade has been banned internationally since 1989. In the small country, there is a guy who was recently arrested for a charge of trading ivory. He had been in the business for over 30 years which might have lead to the killing of “dozens of thousands of elephants.” However their current law could only give him a maximum of ONE year in prison.
Is that a fair punishment for such a large scale slaughter of animals? Is their law preventive to stop globally banned trafficking?
Enjoy reading and learning about an unbelievable scale of crime and justice in a small country.

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