* Weight used only when no other quantitative figure (i.e., number of tusks or pieces) is available. Quantitative categories do not overlap. Figures used in this summary include seizures detailed below.

Seizure Reports from 2002

• Tanzania—1,255 tusks were seized in two houses in Dar es Salaam in January. The origin is unknown. Source: Tanzanian Police. Cited in The Guardian, February 1, 2002; Reuters, January 16, 2002; and Associated Press, January 11, 2002.
• Chile—Two tusks were seized in Iquique, Chile, in March. The owner reported that they had been imported from Belgium in 1998. Source: Servicio Arcola y Ganadero, Chile. Cited in personal communication, May 2002.
• South Africa—Seven elephant tusks, weighing 90 kg, were seized from one South African and two Botswanan nationals who tried to sell the ivory to undercover detectives. The three ivory dealers were arrested. Source: Police spokesperson, Superintendent Gert Ackron, Endangered Species Protection Unit. Cited in The Citizen, April 10, 2002.
• Kenya—Over one ton of ivory, worth millions of Kenya shillings, was seized in April. Several poachers were arrested by the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF). Most of the ivory had been poached from elephants in Kenyan and Tanzanian game parks. Source: Musa Limo, LATF. Cited in East African Standard, April 12, 2002.
• Kenya—Between March 18, 2000 and March 17, 2002, there were 27 separate incidents involving illegal trade in elephant ivory. The total number of raw ivory pieces seized was 236, along with 11 items of worked ivory. The total weight was 744.5 kg. Source: Kenya Wildlife Service data.
• Namibia—From January to April 2002, eight tusks and four pieces of tusks were seized by government officials. Weights were not recorded. Source: Namibian Police Protected Resources Unit. Cited in a Unit report.
• India—Four large ivory carvings were seized in Kerala in May. One carving was almost four feet (1.2 m) high and weighed over 40 kg. The other three were between 17 inches (43 cm) and 21 inches (53 cm) high. Four people were arrested. One of the ivory traders mentioned to undercover operatives the availability of African ivory that had been smuggled into India. Source: Belinda Wright, WPSI. Cited in a Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) press release, May 20, 2002.
• Thailand—In May, an Omani national attempted to smuggle 60 large pieces of African ivory, weighing 195 kg, into Thailand. They were valued at $21,000 in American currency. The ivory was carried in his luggage. Officials also found 56 more pieces of ivory of similar weight in unclaimed luggage. The smuggler was arrested at Bangkok International Airport and charged with smuggling banned goods into Thailand, an offense which carries a fine of four times the value of the goods and a maximum jail term of ten years. Source: none given. Cited in Ananova, May 21, 2002.