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Tanzania took an important step this week to combat the ivory trade and save the African elephant.

The country’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit on Thursday arrested a string of high-level ivory traffickers accused of illegally smuggling elephant tusks from East Africa to East Asia. Among those arrested was Yang Feng Glan, a 66-year-old Chinese native known as the “Queen of Ivory.”

Tanzania has accused Yang of smuggling 706 elephant tusks, weighing about 4,200 pounds and worth about $2.5 million, according to The Citizen, a local newspaper. She faces up to 30 years in prison, the U.S.-based watchdog Elephant Action League reported.

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<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">Yang Feng Glan (center) allegedly trafficked ivory from East Africa to East Asia.</span>
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Yang Feng Glan (center) allegedly trafficked ivory from East Africa to East Asia.

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