Save The Elephants
Myanmar’s Growing Illegal Ivory Trade With China (2018)
Much of the African ivory that reaches Myanmar is smuggled in containers to Vietnam and is transported usually in worked form up the Mekong River through the infamous Golden Triangle region into the east of the country on the border with China, to meet Chinese demand. Some items on sale in the border region were from Thailand and China.
Journal
Save The Elephants
Author(s)
Vigne, L., Martin, E.
Summary
Much of the African ivory that reaches Myanmar is smuggled in containers to Vietnam and is transported usually in worked form up the Mekong River through the infamous Golden Triangle region into the east of the country on the border with China, to meet Chinese demand. Some items on sale in the border region were from Thailand and China.