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Antiques trade bid to quash landmark UK Ivory Act fails in the High Court
A small group of antiques traders have failed in their bid to overturn the UK Ivory Act
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A small group of antiques traders have failed in their bid to overturn the UK Ivory Act
Agreement has been reached by the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crack down on money laundering linked to the illegal wildlife trade
EIA Senior Wildlife Campaigner Shruti Suresh was at the UK High Court hearing of a law suit brought to quash the landmark UK Ivory Act
It’s ironic but while the High Court in London is deciding whether the UK’s widely applauded ban on domestic ivory trade should stand, today (17 October) is the 30th anniversary of the international ivory trade ban
A law designed to protect elephants could be struck off the statute books because of resistance from the antiques trade
Antiques dealers in the UK are seeking to roll back a near-total domestic ban – if they succeed, effectively gifting ivory traffickers a local loophole to exploit