Overview

• A Narmadapuram court sentenced Tashi Sherpa to five years on May 9 after forensic and cyber evidence tied him to a cross-border tiger and pangolin smuggling network.
• Sherpa is incarcerated in Narmadapuram jail while Indian authorities and Interpol focus on capturing kingpin JE Tamang, who remains on a Red Corner Notice.
• Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Force earned its fourth Interpol commendation for orchestrating the decade-long investigation across India, Nepal, Bhutan and China.
• Interpol’s director for organised crime formally sought financial, business and interrogation files to deepen the investigation and identify other key operatives.
• The operation led to 28 convictions from a single syndicate and underscores rising poaching threats to Madhya Pradesh’s tiger population of just 785 animals.