RT Article
T1 Are ivory antiques actually antique?
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 76
IS 3
SP 219
OP 231
A1 Kufnerová, Jitka
A2 Pachnerová Brabcová, Kateřina
A2 Suchý, Václav
A2 Ovšonková, Zuzana A.
A2 Frouzová, Jaroslava
A2 Cajthaml, Tomáš
A2 Světlík, Ivo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/182644677X
AB Twenty-five samples of ivory artefacts were analysed using a radiocarbon dating method. These artefacts were part of a collection of 77 items seized during a wildlife law enforcement operation targeting online illegal ivory trade. Based on the opinion of a qualified expert, 14 of the 25 samples were declared antique, meaning their presumed origin is older than 1947. According to the European Union’s law, antique ivory is exempt from an otherwise total ban on commercial ivory activities since such trade does not contribute to the current decline in elephant population. The radiocarbon measurement has revealed alarming findings that 17 of the 25 processed samples (68%) are not antique as their origin is younger than 1947. The antique expert’s determination of the ivory age failed in 12 of 14 cases (86%).
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 229-231
K1 Wildlife Crime
K1 Elfenbein
K1 Illegaler Handel
K1 Green Criminology
DO 10.1007/s10611-021-09963-0