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The Singapore ivory seizure, a landmark bust which drove changes in the way wildlife crime is tackled today
In late June 2002, the container ship MOL Independence docked at Singapore port after a voyage of almost a month from Durban in South Africa. On board was a consignment which had been on a far longer journey