A major shipment of 651 pieces of elephant ivory has been seized in Mozambique en route to Dubai. Officials from Mozambique's Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and the Tax Authority intercepted a container at Maputo port on 22 March 2024 and found the ivory concealed in a shipment of bags of corn. This is the third known large-scale seizure of elephant ivory exported from Mozambique since 2022. In May 2023, Tanzanian authorities confiscated 166 tusks arriving from Pemba airport to the north of Mozambique, just one year after Malaysian Customs seized six tonnes of ivory alongside other wildlife, including rhino horns and pangolin scales, exported from Maputo port.