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Martin, E.B., 1996. Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching. Pachyderm 21: 28-34, figs. 1-6
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1960s, 1970s - Calcutta as exit point. In the 1960s and 1970s most horn was smuggled by various trading syndicates to Calcutta. It was then exported illegally from Calcutta to eastern Asia. Although officials knew that Calcutta was the main exit point for rhino horn during this period, almost no horns were intercepted nor traders convicted. In 1978, however, at Calcutta's Dum Dum airport one hom was seized which had been consigned to Japan, the address of the sender being a Calcutta cemetery.
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