Thai officials have announced a plan to tighten up the ivory trade in the country to protect their international wildlife trade. With an estimate £636 million in earnings from international trade of CITES species under threat the government has decided it is time to take action.
The first areas to targeted by Thai officials will be Jatuchak Market and Tha Phrachan in Bangkok which are renown for their illegal ivory traders and shops. After trade in these areas are checked and put under control the officials will move out into other areas of the city and then into other provinces in the country.
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