EIA. Large scale ivory seizures, Version 3. January 2000-December 2016 EIA case number Country Location Year Date Ivory seized (kg) Origin based on DNA analysis L001/2000 Japan Kobe 2000 09-Apr-00 500 L002/2000 China Shenzhen 2000 16-May-00 507 L003/2000 DRC Garamba 2000 13-Aug-00 800 L004/2000 Egypt Kom Ombo 2000 15-Aug-00 1,525 L005/2001 Taiwan Kaohsiung 2001 01-Jan-01 2,160 L007/2001 China Qingdao 2001 01-May-01 2,614 L009/2001 Tanzania Dar Es Salaam 2001 Sep-01 580 L010/2001 Egypt Aswan 2001 10-Nov-01 850 L006/2002 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 2002 06-Jan-02 3,207 L011/2002 Singapore Singapore 2002 28-Jun-02 6246 plus 40,810 hanko Kafue NP in SW Zambia L012/2002 China Shanghai 2002 01-Aug-02 3,335 L013/2003 Thailand Bangkok 2003 17-Jul-03 501 L014/2003 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2003 12-Oct-03 1,932 L015/2003 United Kingdom Warwickshire 2003 01-Nov-03 650 L016/2004 Republic of the Congo Pointe Noire 2004 01-Feb-04 525 L017/2004 Spain Madrid 2004 02-Jul-04 2,860 (calculated from reported quantity present at scene, minus amount permitted for possession under licence, leaving estimate of amount seized) L018/2004 Vietnam Hanoi 2004 01-Dec-04 730 1
L019/2005 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2005 23-May-05 503 L020/2005 Philippines Manila 2005 28-Oct-05 6,000 L021/2006 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2006 09-May-06 3,900 NE Gabon, NW Congo-Brazzaville, SE Cameroon, SW CAR L022/2006 Kaohsiung 2006 06-Jul-06 2,500 Taiwan L023/2006 Taiwan Kaohsiung 2006 07-Jul-06 3,026 L024/2006 Japan Osaka Nanko port 2006 28-Aug-06 2,800 L025/2006 France French factory 2006 22-Nov-06 921 kg plus 600 kg chippings L026/2007 Tanzania Dar Es Salaam 2007 24-Jul-07 747.05 (est.) L027/2009 Thailand Bangkok 2009 01-Mar-09 1,000 L028/2009 Philippines Manila 2009 02-Mar-09 3,300 L029/2009 Philippines Manila 2009 02-Mar-09 1,500 L030/2009 Vietnam Hai Phong 2009 05-Mar-09 6,232 L031/2009 Kenya Kenya 2009 25-Apr-09 512 L032/2009 Vietnam Hai Phong 2009 28-Jul-09 611 L033/2009 Vietnam Hai Phong 2009 21-Aug-09 2,006 L034/2009 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport 2009 21-Aug-09 2,000 L035/2009 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2009 27-Sep-09 637 L036/2009 Cameroon Douala 2009 28-Sep-09 1,000 L037/2009 Kenya Nairobi Airport 2009 29-Sep-09 532 L038/2009 Cameroon Limbé Port 2009 24-Oct-09 500 L039/2010 Hong Kong Kwai Chung 2010 07-Jan-10 1,002 L040/2010 Thailand Bangkok Airport 2010 24-Feb-10 2,000 L041/2010 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport 2010 17-Apr-10 1,400 L042/2010 Vietnam Hai Phong 2010 29-Apr-10 2,194 L043/2010 Vietnam Hai Phong 2010 14-May-10 1,518 L044/2010 Vietnam Hai Phong 2010 28-May-10 1,245 L045/2010 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport 2010 14-Jul-10 765 L046/2010 Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 2010 22-Aug-10 1,462 Tanzania, northern 2
L047/2010 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2010 09-Sep-10 1,500 L048/2011 Vietnam Hai Phong 2011 11-Jan-11 1,100 L049/2011 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport 2011 23-Feb-11 1,026 L050/2011 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2011 04-Mar-11 1,190 L051/2011 Thailand Bangkok Port 2011 01-Apr-11 881 L052/2011 China Chongzuo 2011 10-Apr-11 2368.45 (est.) L053/2011 Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 2011 06-May-11 1,304 SE Tanzania / northern and also included tusks from northern Tanzania L054/2011 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 2011 12-May-11 875 L055/2011 China Shishi 2011 Connected shipments in 2011 5,725.5 (amount seized in specific shipments; investigations resulted in suspects charged with importation of 7.7 tonnes, later convicted) L061/2011 Malaysia Pasir Gudang 2011 08-Jul-11 1,446 L056/2011 USA Philadelphia 2011 26-Jul-11 1,000 L057/2011 Malaysia Penang 2011 19-Aug-11 1,586 L058/2011 Tanzania Zanzibar 2011 24-Aug-11 1,895 L059/2011 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2011 29-Aug-11 1,898 L060/2011 Malaysia Port Klang 2011 05-Sep-11 1,500 L062/2011 Vietnam Mong Cai 2011 22-Oct-11 1,062 L063/2011 Kenya Mombasa 2011 03-Dec-11 1557.75 (est.) L064/2011 Malaysia Port Klang 2011 08-Dec-11 1,500 L065/2012 China Tianjin 2012 early 2012 932 Tanzania,, Malawi L066/2012 Vietnam Hai Phong 2012 01-May-12 745 L067/2012 Sri Lanka Colombo 2012 22-May-12 1,539 Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park, some spill over into northern L068/2012 Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 2012 22-Jun-12 601 L069/2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2012 16-Oct-12 3,800 3
L070/2012 China Quanzhou 2012 08-Nov-12 4,200 L071/2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2012 16-Nov-12 1,330 L072/2012 Kenya Kenya 2012 01-Dec-12 1,833 L073/2012 Malaysia Port Klang 2012 10-Dec-12 6,034 L074/2012 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2012 2012 2,400 L075/2012 USA New York 2012 2012 1,000 L076/2013 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2013 04-Jan-13 1,323 L077/2013 Kenya Mombasa 2013 17-Jan-13 3,827 Tanzania, northern and NE Gabon, NW Congo- Brazzaville, SE Cameroon, SW CAR L078/2013 Singapore Singapore 2013 23-Jan-13 1,800 [Selected seizures after 2013 showed] "Progressive shift several hundred kilometers northwest of Selous, eventually centred around Ruaha National Park the adjacent Rungwa Game Reserve...some of the samples from those latter seizures were also assigned to areas north of Ruaha, creeping toward southern Kenya." (SK Wasser et al. (June 2015), Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa s major poaching hotspots. Science. DOI:10.1126/science.aaa2457.) L080/2013 UAE Jebel Ali Port 2013 21-May-13 867.65 (est.) L079/2013 Malawi Mzuzu 2013 23-May-13 2,640 SE Tanzania and northern, possible second distribution spanning Ruaha National Park/Mikumi National Park/northern Selous Game Reserve L081/2013 Kenya Mombasa 2013 03-Jul-13 1,478 L082/2013 Kenya Mombasa 2013 09-Jul-13 3,287 L083/2013 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 2013 13-Jul-13 1,089 L084/2013 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2013 19-Jul-13 2,183 L085/2013 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2013 07-Aug-13 2,230 NE Gabon, NW Congo-Brazzaville, SE Cameroon, SW CAR L086/2013 Togo Lomé 2013 07-Aug-13 700 NE Gabon, NW Congo-Brazzaville, SE Cameroon, SW CAR L087/2013 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2013 28-Sep-13 769 L088/2013 Vietnam Hai Phong 2013 03-Oct-13 2,163 4
L089/2013 Kenya Mombasa 2013 04-Oct-13 1,900 L090/2013 Kenya Mombasa 2013 07-Oct-13 2,000 L091/2013 Uganda Bweyogerere 2013 18-Oct-13 1,903 [Selected seizures after 2013 showed] "Progressive shift several hundred kilometers northwest of Selous, eventually centred around Ruaha National Park the adjacent Rungwa Game Reserve...some of the samples from those latter seizures were also assigned to areas north of Ruaha, creeping toward southern Kenya." (SK Wasser et al. (June 2015), Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa s major poaching hotspots. Science. DOI:10.1126/science.aaa2457.) L092/2013 Vietnam Hai Phong 2013 22-Oct-13 2,455 L093/2013 Tanzania Dar Es Salaam 2013 02-Nov-13 1,899 L094/2013 Tanzania Zanzibar 2013 13-Nov-13 2,915 L095/2014 Togo Lomé 2014 28-Jan-14 3,815 NE Gabon, NW Congo-Brazzaville, SE Cameroon, SW CAR L096/2014 Singapore Singapore 2014 27-Mar-14 1,000 L097/2014 Cambodia Sihanoukville 2014 09-May-14 3,000 L098/2014 Vietnam Hai Phong 2014 24-May-14 1,000 L099/2014 Kenya Mombasa 2014 05-Jun-14 2,152 L100/2014 Hong Kong Hong Kong Airport 2014 10-Jun-14 790 L101/2014 Vietnam Hai Phong 2014 19-Aug-14 1,262 L102/2014 Cameroon Yaoundé Environs 2014 01-Sep-14 659.95 (est.) L103/2014 Vietnam Hai Phong 2014 23-Oct-14 1,732 L104/2015 Uganda Entebbe 2015 26-Jan-15 791 L105/2015 Uganda Entebbe 2015 17-Mar-15 500 L106/2015 Thailand Bangkok Port 2015 18-Apr-15 4,000 L107/2015 Thailand Bangkok Port 2015 27-Apr-15 3,127 L108/2015 Matola 2015 12-May-15 1,160 L109/2015 Singapore Singapore 2015 19-May-15 3,700 L110/2015 Uganda Entebbe Airport 2015 14-Jul-15 912 L111/2015 Vietnam Da Nang 2015 15-Aug-15 600 L112/2015 Vietnam Da Nang 2015 21-Aug-15 2,200 L113/2015 Vietnam Da Nang 2015 26-Aug-15 1,023 L114/2015 China Beijing 2015 12-Oct-15 804 L117/2014-2015 China Jiangxi during 2014-2015 2014-2015 500 5
L115/2015 Vietnam Hoanh Mo border 2015 22-Nov-15 850 L118/2015 Thailand Koh Samui 2015 10-Dec-15 789 L116/2015 Singapore Changi Airport 2015 12-Dec-15 505 L119/2015 Vietnam Hai Phong 2015 17-Dec-15 2,204 L120/2016 Germany Berlin Schönefeld 2016 20-May-16 625 L121/2016 Vietnam Bac Giang 2016 21-May-16 554 L122/2016 Spain Madrid 2016 26-May-16 744 L123/2016 South Sudan Juba 2016 17-Jun-16 1,286 L124/2016 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 2016 29-Jun-16 1,279 L125/2016 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2016 21-Jul-16 1,001 L126/2016 Cambodia Sihanoukville 2016 05-Aug-16 613 L127/2016 Malaysia Various 2016 01-Aug-16 561 L128/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 06-Oct-16 2052 L129/2016 China Tianjin 2016 21-Oct-16 505 L130/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 21-Oct-16 595 L131/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 26-Oct-16 1000 L132/2016 Austria Vienna 2016 01-Nov-16 564 L133/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 24-Nov-16 619 L134/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 28-Nov-16 537 L135/2016 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 2016 01-Dec-16 529 L136/2016 South Sudan Juba 2016 06-Dec-16 500 L137/2016 Cambodia Phnom Penh 2016 16-Dec-16 1300 L138/2016 Kenya Mombasa 2016 20-Dec-16 1900 Total weight: 229.032.4 kilos Ivory of this weight is equivalent to ivory from over 34,180 dead elephants. In a few instances, tusks are seized and reported in number but without a total weight, so an estimated weight of per tusk has been applied (3.35 kilos per tusk). These instances are indicated by est. in the weight column. 6
This list is based upon publicly reported information, verified where possible and does not represent an exhaustive list. It has been updated since version 2 (August 2016). EIA welcomes referenced information in order to update content: please contact charlottedavies[at]eia-international.org Produced by the Environmental Investigation Agency UK V3. January 04, 2017. 7