{
  "id": 612346,
  "title": "On ivory, follow the trafficking networks and not the headlines (commentary)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/on-ivory-follow-the-trafficking-networks-and-not-the-headlines",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:47:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/on-ivory-follow-the-trafficking-networks-and-not-the-headlines-commentary/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In early March 2026, acting on intelligence shared by my organization, the Environmental Investigation Agency UK, Zambian authorities seized a consignment of more than 500 kg (over 1,100 pounds) of ivory and arrested a suspect with long-standing links to regional ivory trafficking operations. One of the suspects involved in the case was convicted in 2019 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}