India’s pink sandalwood is likely one of the most costly timbers on the planet. It can also be an endangered species.

An worldwide black-market commerce in it has decimated priceless forests, with armies of smugglers terrorising native legislation enforcement.

One man stands accused of being on the prime of the commerce – Sahul Hameed.

Hameed is needed by Indian authorities and Interpol for trafficking the prized wooden. But he stays at massive.

101 East investigates Hameed’s alleged hyperlinks to organised crime and the worldwide efforts to convey him to justice.