designated terror g group, based in somala, was responsible for the september 2013 attack on the westgate mallin nairobi that killed 67 people, and for the death of over 140 in the april 2015 attack on kenya's garissa university. nir kalron 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. evidenence from kenynya suggests 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 profifited from thahat te withth al shabaab b agents. knights: al shshabaab did contrl various ports in somalia where the ivory is being shipped out of, and they would basicallyly charge a tax for anything being shipped out. narrrrator: al shabaab levies a% to 7 7% tax on i ivory that t ps ththrough areas they control, mamaking aboutut $250,000 0 a yr from i ivory. ininsurgent groups and armeded forces units are not