The new law hasn’t stopped some dealers from trying, however — so the DEC is still conducting undercover operations. During the June mission, which went down at the Ro Gallery in Queens, DEC officers dressed as ivory-loving art connoisseurs. For Lieutenant Jesse Paluch, who headed the mission, that meant wearing a large ivory necklace and bracelet, as well as a linen shirt that he joked was designed to keep “a level of GQ.”
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The case against the owner of the art gallery is now pending pre-indictment. We spoke to the owner . . . during an “ivory crush” held in Central Park this past August where the DEC publicly destroyed illegal ivory agents had seized.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
"The ivory trade in the U.S. is estimated to be a $23 billion dollar industry"
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