Interpol
Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against international tiger smuggler Tarke Lama, a Nepalese national accused of killing a tiger in Satpura Tiger Reserve and smuggling its bones to China. Lama, also known as Dharke Lama, has evaded arrest for 10 years.
The 2015 case, handled by Madhya Pradesh’s State Tiger Strike Force, exposed an entire network of poachers, couriers, and smugglers. So far, 29 out of 30 accused have been convicted and sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment with fines. Lama remains the missing link.
Among those jailed is trafficker Tashi Sherpa, arrested at the India-Nepal border in 2024 and later sentenced. Investigators used cyber data, Brain Mapping, and Narcoanalysis to build evidence. Such methods secured convictions, proving tiger crime can be dismantled with persistence.
Interpol’s involvement shows tiger trafficking is global, not local. It stretches from India’s reserves to Chinese markets. If Lama is still moving across borders, information could end his decade of evasion. Tiger poaching thrives in silence; speaking up can stop it.
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Based on New Indian Express, India.
Photo via New Indian Express.
