Elephant (ivory) in the illegal wildlife trade

WildTrace has recorded 115 cases involving elephant (ivory) from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23, in 20 countries. 12 of them rest on an official or validated source.

CITES appendix I. Taxa covered: Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana. Counts show where this trade is reported, not where it happens: reporting is uneven between countries and languages, and cases whose reports name no place are counted but cannot be mapped.

Where elephant (ivory) cases are reported

• India 26
• Malawi 4
• Mozambique 4
• Singapore 3
• Vietnam 3
• Zambia 3
• United States 3
• Gabon 2
• Thailand 2
• Kenya 2
• Qatar 2
• Ivory Coast 1

Recent cases

• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · Wayanad 2026-09-22 · corroborated
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · Gabon 2026-09-21 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · 3642 kg · location unknown 2026-09-21 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Odisha 2026-09-19 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Bouaflé 2026-09-19 · single
• Conviction · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-16 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · Libreville 2026-09-16 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-14 · corroborated
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-12 · single
• Conviction · Elephant (ivory) · Kalimantan 2026-09-11 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-10 · single
• Conviction · Elephant (ivory) · Singapore 2026-09-10 · corroborated
• Conviction · Elephant (ivory) · Singapore 2026-09-10 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-10 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Tiruppur 2026-09-09 · corroborated
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Mangochi 2026-09-07 · corroborated
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Idukki 2026-09-07 · single
• Conviction · Elephant (ivory) · Ébolowa 2026-09-04 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · 1.2 tons · Vietnam 2026-09-03 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-09-03 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory), Pangolin · Cuamba 2026-09-02 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-08-26 · single
• Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-08-26 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · location unknown 2026-08-25 · single
• Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · Lucknow 2026-08-19 · official

Where seized elephant (ivory) came from, and where it was seized

645 shipments of elephant (ivory) seized or confiscated were reported to CITES since 2015 (CITES Trade Database, source code I). Counts are shipment records, not quantities, and some countries report far more completely than others.

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