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    Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Sentenced To 15 Years In Jail In Tanzania

    by Merrit Kennedy Feb 19, 2019 2 minutes
    Yang Fenglan, shown here in November 2016, has been found guilty of smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks.

    A convicted Chinese trafficker known as the "ivory queen" has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Tanzanian court.

    Yang Fenglan, who has lived in Tanzania on and off for decades and operated a Chinese restaurant, was found guilty of working with tworeported.

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