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LEFT: Ambassador Robert Whitehead, U.S. Embassy Togo, inspects the seized ivory at the port of Lomé, Togo, on January 28, 2014. (U.S. Department of State photo) RIGHT: A Vietnamese man, left, and his two Togolese accomplices are paraded by Togo police in front of the media at the port of Lomé on January 28, 2014. (AP/Wideworld photo)

LEFT: Ambassador Robert Whitehead, U.S. Embassy Togo, inspects the seized ivory at the port of Lomé, Togo, on January 28, 2014. (U.S. Department of State photo) RIGHT: A Vietnamese man, left, and his two Togolese accomplices are paraded by Togo police in front of the media at the port of Lomé on January 28, 2014. (AP/Wideworld photo)

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