THE TIGER MAFIA

By Karl AMMAN, Laurin MERZ

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Environmental - Completed 2021

A nine-year undercover investigation into the smuggling of South East Asian tiger.

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CPH:DOX 2021
IN COMPETITION F:ACT AWARD
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Environmental, Crime, Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • CHINESE, ENGLISH, THAI
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Karl AMMAN, Laurin MERZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Karl AMMAN (Hook Films), Laurin MERZ (Hook Films)
    • Synopsis
    • A ten-year undercover investigation into the smuggling of South East Asian tiger, led by photo journalist Karl Ammann, 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 has gone to warlord and triad-controlled regions of Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam to learn how tigers are traded. He has been able to infiltrate top trafficking syndicates and gain access to major crime hubs and underworlds. Karl has unveiled a number of disturbing findings.