THE TIGER MAFIA

The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures. This ten-year undercover investigation exposes how body parts are harvested from both live and butchered tigers, and then traded for sale in China’s underground pharmaceutical and jewelry industries.
Year after year, Karl Ammann has traveled to warlord- and triad-controlled regions of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to find out how tigers are trafficked. He has succeeded in doing what Interpol and other organizations fighting the illegal trade have tried in vain: He infiltrated the main smuggling syndicates and gained access to the main criminal centers and underworlds. An experience that led to a series of disturbing findings.