RT Article
T1 The Czech Rhino Connection: a Case Study of Vietnamese Wildlife Trafficking Networks’ Operations Across Central Europe
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 27
IS 2
SP 265
OP 283
A1 Nožina, Miroslav 1962-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760412929
AB This article focuses on the trafficking segment of the illegal wildlife market, or more specifically on organised trafficking in rhino horns from South Africa to Vietnam via the Czech Republic. Composed as a criminological case study, the article analyses how the wildlife trafficking networks were established by Vietnamese nationals in cooperation with providers in Africa and Central Europe, how they operate by crossing national borders and ethnic barriers, and how the illegal wildlife trade is incorporated into the Vietnamese criminal activities in Central Europe. Two important cases of rhino “pseudo-hunting” that were investigated by the Czech security forces, Operation Rhino and Operation Osseus, are discussed in this context.
K1 Wildlife trade
K1 Wildlife Crime
K1 Rhino horn trade
K1 Hunting/poaching
K1 Criminal networks
K1 South Africa
K1 Czech Republic
DO 10.1007/s10610-020-09453-4