nairobi that killed 67 people, and for the death of over 140 in the april 2015 attack on kenya's garissa university nir kalron i investigated the links between al shabaab and illicit ivory trade in 2012. kalron: al shabaab was controlling the ports of kismayo, marca, and big parts of mogadishu, including access to the port through its agents. evidence frorom kenya suggggests the local and regional poachers used that access. we'd seen evidence from ports in marca and kismayo of ivory, large stocks of it, and had collected evidence from individuals that testified to having profited frfrom thahat te with al shabaab b agents. knights:s: al shabaab did contnl various ports in somalia where the ivory is being shipped out of, and they would basasically charge a tax for anything being shipped out. narrator: al shabaab levies s a% to 7% tatax on ivoryry that pass through areathey conol, kingng aut $2525000 a year fromvoryry. insurgenent groups and armed forces units are not the only poachers. local villagers, who know the terrain, are also involved, and they are increasingly recruited by well-financed, orga