TIBET-NEPAL BORDER: ROUTE FOR ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE- CHINA

The Lhasa Customs Office confirmed that porous Tibetan borders with Nepal are being used to smuggle illicit drugs, pangolin scales, and wildlife products into China. In 2011, the Lhasa Customs Office seized many smuggling cases including 5.4 kilograms of pangolin scales, 72.3 kilograms of elephant tusks and Tibetan antelope wool. There are 128 points along the 1100 kilometer Tibetan Autonomous Region-Nepal border through which smuggling activities takes place.

8, 10 November

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7638748.html

http://pangolins.org/2011/11/10/tibet-identified-as-significant-smuggling-route-for-illegal-wildlife-trade/