Blackmarket ivory sells for $3000/kg...Do you suppose that Mr. Michael Kingsley Phiri being fined $2,500 for 80kgs of ivory will be a deterrent?From Malawi...Several new cases of illegal ivory trafficking have come to light within a month of the official launch of Malawi’s “Stop Wildlife Crime” campaign, a joint effort of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust. On March 23, 30 kilograms of ivory bound for Lagos, Nigeria was intercepted at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, the capital and largest city of of this southeast African country. The ivory was traced to 38-year-old Nigerian national Nduisi Nwude. While the ivory was confiscated. the man escaped from the airport and is still at large. On April 7, however, airport authorities were more successful. A Malawian national, Michael Kingsley Phiri, a clinical officer at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, was arrested at the same airport with 80kg of ivory. Phiri’s case was heard this week at Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court and he was given a sentence of either six years imprisonment or MK1 million (equivalent to US$2,300). He chose to pay the fine.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:25:00 +0000
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