The Akasha brothers and Mr Goswami and Mr Hussein are also heavily involved in ivory smuggling, says Gretchen Peters, the head of a US company that helps governments fight transnational crime. “We know the Akasha family is involved with the ivory trade,” DEA Special Agent Thomas Cindric told The Economist. “I have ivory here from Botswana, from Mozambique, from all over,” Mr Akasha is quoted as saying in the transcript that was made available to The Economist. Ivory from tusks of elephants poached in Africa sells for about $1100 per kilogramme in Asia, The Economist said. The magazine added that “the Kenyan port of Mombasa is the exit point of choice” for smuggled ivory.

Source: Daily Nation February 12, 2017 00:16 UTC