Wash me in the water wash me in the water if i had it my way lord, if i had it anyway hey [ cheers and applause ] jimmy jamie n commons. Rumble and sway is out now. You can see a bonus song at jimmy p. Kimmellive. Com. I want to thank sharon stone, dane cook. I want to thank matt damon for making the show tonight. Tomorrow night julia louisdreyfus, Nick Offerman and music from michael kiwanuka. Nightline is next. Thanks for watching good night. Tonight on nightline from new york city to africa to asia. We are investigating the insatiable appetite for illegal ivory. And well show you how the demand for this white gold is cutting down Wild Elephants at an alarming rate. Go, go. Follow him. Were on the trail of the biggest suspected illegal ivory dealer in togo, west africa, a man called the boss. With the boss. But has he been tipped off to the raid . And one of the biggest stars in baseball fights one of the biggest punishments in the games history. Its a ban for the rest of this season and mention so how did Alex Rodriguezs day of reckoning end with a night in yankee pinstripes . Announcer this special edition of nightline, the hunt for thanks for joining us tonight. Its the wild African Elephant is ever driven to extinction, man will certainly have plenty of souvenirs of the slaughter. To many an ivory chess set or handcarved letter opener seems too trivial to kill for, especially a creature of such majesty and intelligence as the elephant. But for so many others ivory is a good luck status symbol worth striving for, with the demand so high up to 30,000 elephants are poached each year just for their tusks. So tonight a trip into the black market for white gold as its known. From new york city to china to africa and then back to the states. A journey where corruption reigns and a few Wildlife Crime fighters try to change human nature before its too late. They say you can buy anything in new york city. This is 10,000. This is less expensive than that piece. Reporter but can you buy the handcarved souvenir of a slaughtered elephant . For this beloved creature the tusk is a key to survival in the wild. Used to forage and fight. But they are worthless against a man with a gun, who can then sell that white gold on the black market for 1,300 bucks a pound. When elephants began disappearing in the 80s, all trade of new ivory was banned worldwide. Im interested in ivory. Okay. Reporter so this new york dealer tells me his ivory is old enough to sell legally. But heres the rub. New demand is so much bigger than old supply. These animals are now disappearing from the african forests faster than ever. So to better understand these grim laws of supply and demand we set off on a global investigation. From the gleaming ivory markets of china to a 12 million pile of tusks and trinkets in denver to the smugglers shops of west africa. If i ordered a big piece, how long would it take . Reporter where a hidden camera is the only way to capture the truth. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. Reporter since there are organized ivory crime syndicates now working across africa, where corruption is rampant and police dont care, many think the elephant is doomed. But not if this guy has anything to say about it. Fighting corruption should be the first thing that we do. No matter where it takes us. Its going to be tough. Its going to be a war. But thats what we need to do. Reporter his name is ofir drury. And he is a selfmade Wildlife Crime fighter. We started working on this. Reporter with a team of amateur detectives he uses hidden cameras and microphones to build cases against poachers and smugglers across africa. We get inside his house and find all the documents. Reporter and once hes gathered enough evidence he then begs, cajoles get inside that place. Until now you searched nothing basically. Reporter goads police into enforcing laws that are never enforced. If theres no one behind bars theres nothing. Reporter in the past decade his group named laga boasts 900 arrests of people who trade in everything from birds to apes to big cats. But their top priority these days is the elephant and those who profit from their destruction. A billiondollar food chain that begins deep in the forest with men like this. Pictures of poachers at work are extremely rare. But nightline acquired this footage of a man who claims 499 elephant kills. And a warning here. His 500th is hard to watch. He doesnt have enough bullets to put the mighty beast down quickly. So it suffers for hours. [ screaming ] before he can carve off just enough meat r the high comb and two modest tusks worth tens of thousands of dollars. There were 30,000 kills like that just last year. And you can see the effects on safari where dwindling herds are giving their distance because a traumatized elephant never forgets. They saw their entire families killed for meat and ivory. And as a result theyre really understandably skittish around human beings. Reporter but more tangible proof of the slaughter was recently discovered hidden in a shipping container of mahogany wood en route to china and seized in malaysia. Six tons of ivory. The 12 million remains of over 700 elephants. And when you learn that container was shipped from west africa, a little coastal nation of togo, ofir knew he had to come here, to the capital, lome, and start digging. Hes advertising the fact that he has ivory to sell. Reporter this is julian, ofirs South African operative on the ground here in togo and posing as a buyer, he has developed some tantalizing leads toward a man everyone calls the boss. Is that why he asked if you were a spy . Yeah. Clearly hes conscious of the legal implications of what hes doing. Reporter well join this hunt for the boss. But since ofir is too exposed to go undercover, julian will be my guide into togos black market. By the looks oh, wow. These are amazing. Reporter we want to see just how much ivory an american can score in an afternoon. Oh, look at that. Reporter so we start in a small workshop, where a back room handsawed chunks of tusks fashioned into trinkets how much is this one . Reporter to impressively ornate. If i ordered a big piece, how long would it take . Reporter for 8,000 bucks this trader claims he can track down a full fresh tusk and custom carve it in one week flat. How would i get it to america . Reporter but when i ask this man about smuggling, he gets a little cagey. Id have to come here and get it . Reporter but he and a couple others mention a man with real connections. A man named emil mbuke, the boss. The boss. He work with the boss boss boss boss. Julian finds him. And the shelves of his shop prove the legend is legit. Ofir estimates there is 500 pounds of ivory here. Around 30 elephants worth in open display. Which means he probably has connections and could be a lead to solving the case of that big malaysian seizure. The information that he holds is enormous. If we could only jump inside his head im sure we could start arresting some of the bigger guys worldwide. Reporter but getting him to admit to smuggling could be a delicate dance. Lets see these pieces. Reporter julian begins by assessing the range of prices. Something like that would be how much . 26,000 for the big one. Reporter and then eases into the topic of exporting. Common export size. Whats the what the options are . Can we still get a piece like that out . Reporter thats when mbuke suddenly wants a little privacy. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. What countries have these shipped to before . Italy . Reporter with this stunning admission and a revealing visit to the other carver, ofir has enough evidence but he still has to convince local cops to raid both shops simultaneously. Tension builds the morning of the raid. But as we arrive before the bust, the shop is suspiciously closed, the target nowhere to be found. Ive got his number. Reporter the problem is that this shop is not in a tourist area. So if a couple of white guys show up and start loitering, it could make emil, the ivory merchant, even more wary. Ofir has investigators outside keeping an eye on the place. He says the local police also have undercover cops keeping an eye on the place. So theyre all hopeful that somehow theyll show up, open shop, and they can swoop in. Its still shut up. Theres nothing around here. Theres nothing around here where we can stop. I recommend we go back to the other places and take our chances. Okay. What should we do . Reporter back at a cafe on the other side of town julian gets word from ofir whos at the Police Station still trying to salvage the raid. He knows. How . If this guy is aware that hes been made, that hes under investigation, he will do whatever he can to destroy the evidence. 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Dulcolax is comfortcoated for gentle, overnight relief. Dulcolax. Predictable overnight relief you can count on. Back now to our trip into the black market of white gold, where a worldwide ban on freshly poached ivory has only driven up the price and driven down the numbers of africas Wild Elephants. Ofir drory is the selfmade Wildlife Crime fighter struggling against rampant corruption to stop smugglers, and his work has brought up a man who could hold a wealth of information along with the 500 pounds of ivory in his shop. No, no. Go, follow him. Reporter were rushing to document the capture of the biggest suspected ivory dealer in togo, emil mbuke, a man other ivory dealers call the boss. You i hope these tinted windows work. Reporter we hear hes been tipped off about the raid but theres still a chance he might show. We are staked out around the corner. Reporter with the hopes of Wildlife Crime fighter ofir drury are dashed when it becomes clear the boss caught wind of the raid and has officially skipped town. Its a roller coaster ride of emotions on this stakeout waiting to see whos going to show up, whether the police cooperate, whether the authorities have leaked to the suspect. Unbelievable. Reporter and its here we get a taste of the daily frustration in ofirs crusade. To save animals he has to struggle through a system so corrupt every smuggler knows that freedom is just a bribe away. We are not going to hide that in our country there is corruption. Reporter didi nkuwe is minister of the environment. And ofir has it on Good Authority mbuke was tipped off by someone in her department. But you must know this is a shop that is not far from where were standing right now. Why has he been allowed to operate in the open like this for so long . We are not so organized when it comes to doing some investigations. Can you guarantee that no one in your agency is friendly with ivory smugglers . Oh, no, i cant guarantee that. I think for any big agency, especially, we have more than 1,000 staff. If one or two, i cannot say. You need officials. You need corrupt governments. You need corrupt police agencies. You cant make citizens arrests of these poachers. What do you say to a person who says this guy is just tilting at windmills . Look, we are not there to do what we do and corruption stops us from doing that. We are here to fight corruption. Reporter along with fighting rampant corruption, ofir also has the massive task of convincing people here to care about animal welfare. No small task in countries where both the black market and black magic can help drive a species to the brink. Got a blanket full of cobra heads over here, some owls, parrots. The juju priests say if you make a tea out of parrots it will make your children more intelligent. Its easy to see why conservation is still such a foreign term for so many people. On this continent all animals are magic in their medicine and theyre food. Reporter meanwhile, on the other side of the globe asian cultures have long craved ivory as a sign of good taste that can bring good luck. And many here call it elephant tea, wrongly assuming that tusks fall off and grow back. If its not stopped very soon, were not going to have any more Wild Elephants in africa. Reporter dan stiles is an expert on ivory markets throughout the world, often going undercover to assess supply and demand. And he led us on the last leg of a journey back in new york city, the center of americas ivory trade. So what were doing is monitoring whats going on with the scale of ivory. Theres demand going up. Theres demand going down. Does demand remain stable . Reporter finding the stuff is no problem in manhattan, from priceless sculptures to cheap factory carvings in china and africa. Whats the age of this, do you think . I would say 30 years old, 40 years old. Reporter but the hard part is determining what is black market, illegal ivory and what is antique, legally imported ivory that came in before the worldwide ban . Its not something i can get my hands on and just call up china or japan and say bring me a task. Reporter every merchant we visit insists they sell only legal ivory. But since some new carvings are dyed to appear old, its impossible to tell just by looking. Old everything. Reporter now, from where we sit it would be easy to dismiss this as a chinese problem. But do americans deserve a little bit of the blame here . There are a lot of americans that like ivory. They buy ivory. And a certain percentage of that ivory is illegal. Reporter last year two new york city jewelers were caught with over a ton of illegal ivory. There was a similar size bust in philadelphia. And a fish and wildlife repository in denver holds six tons. All of it will soon be destroyed to send a message. And while ofir chases smugglers back in africa, dane is convinced his methods will never work. In another five years ofir drury will throw in the towel and tell you, i tried but i failed. Its impossible because of the corruption, endemic corruption, for Law Enforcement to actually stop the poaching. Reporter hes among the camp that believes it would be easier to teach over a billion chinese to stop buying ivory than to convince poor africans to stop poaching elephants. If people will not buy the product, people will stop killing the animals to supply it. Reporter but maybe it will take both camps to save this animal, educating and shaming and enforcing with everything they have. This is the front line. This is the fight. It is a neverending fight. Our reward is not reaching a point of achievement and saying oh, the world is a great place. Its the neverending fight. And every time we know we have to push further and further and further and further. Despite ofirs efforts, mbuke remains at large tonight. And just a few weeks ago another massive shipment, two tons of ivory, was seized in hong kong, shipped from togo. Coming up next, the massive penalty against yankees mvp Alex Rodriguez and his reaction to it. When we come back. [ lighter flicking ] [ male announcer ] youve reached the age where giving up isnt who you are. This is the age of knowing how to make things happen. So, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way . Talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. To avoid longterm injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. 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But today brought a new kind of epic number as the game cracks down on the scourge of performanceenhancing drugs. It is tonights feed frenzy. 211. That is how many Games Major League Baseball wants to suspend Alex Rodriguez after acoucusing the yankees megastar of not only using banned steroids and Human Growth Hormone but for also attempting to obstruct and frustrate an investigation into the south florida antiaging clinic called biogenesis. This is the same investigation that cost former mvp ryan braun a shameful end to this season. And after seeing the evidence a dozen other Major League Players accepted 50game suspensions today and gave up their right to appeal. But from arod no apologies. Obviously, disappointed with the news today. No question about it. If you didnt use p. E. D. S in this recent why dont you just say it . I dont think the time is right now. An
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