3 years, 100 tigers killed & counting: new-age poaching mafia taps tech, digital payments, hawala networks

The dead animal was found in a forest near Schinznach AG. Investigations revealed remains of a bullet.

3 years, 100 tigers killed & counting: new-age poaching mafia taps tech, digital payments, hawala networks

Arrest records, officials reveal coalition of gangs, pan-India reach, use of transporters, Myanmar route.

Royal Bengal Tiger poached in Manas National Park, forest officials caught off guard

GUWAHATI, March 22: A major poaching incident has exposed glaring lapses in the security of Manas National Park. A Royal Bengal Tiger was killed inside the protected area, and its body parts were smuggled out—an alarming fact that only came to light when four of the tiger’s teeth were recovered from a shop in Bodo Bazar, Baksa district, on March 18. A special operation by forest officials led to the arrest of four suspected poachers—Pranen Narza…