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Two Individuals Sentenced to Imprisonment for Importing Elephant Ivory

The Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a press release by the Department of Justice announcing that Kemo Sylla and Mamadi Doumbouya have been sentenced to 10 months and 14 months of incarceration, respectively, for their felony convictions under the…

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Lacey Act, which, together with the U.S. Endangered Species Act, prohibits the sale or transportation of protected wildlife. Sylla and Doumbouya were the final two defendants to be sentenced among six defendants convicted of illegally importing elephant ivory.