Zhanjiang Customs of China announced on 17 May that the individual - named only as Huang inthe official statement - had been arrested and repatriated from Mozambique . EIA commends China Customs for its commitment to criminal justice and we congratulate it on thislatest success. The Shuidong ivory smuggling network was first exposed by EIA in 2017 , following our three-yearinvestigation tracing the syndicate's operations in Tanzania and Mozambique. The syndicate came from Shuidong, in Guangdong province, China. At the time, EIA sharedinformation with the China Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau (ASB) which then took action todismantle one of the most prolific illegal wildlife networks operating in Africa and China. The ASB conducted comprehensive financial investigations and identified a network of at least 26 individuals. EIA investigated and subsequently shared information with the ASB about Wang Kangwen, whowas convicted as one of the principal criminals funding and coordinating the smuggling of morethan 8.4 tonnes of ivory and 796kg pangolin scales from Tanzania and Mozambique to China. Although only a small portion of the smuggled ivory was ever seized, the detailed evidence ASBgathered successfully brought the network to justice for the full scale of its crimes. In total, at least 21 individuals have so far been sentenced for their involvement, with penaltiesranging from three to 15 years in prison and confiscation of assets.