RT Article
T1 Connections between trades and trafficking in wildlife and drugs
JF Trends in organized crime
VO 24
IS 4
SP 425
OP 446
A1 van Uhm, Daan
A2 South, Nigel 1954-
A2 Wyatt, Tanya 1975-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1784398217
AB Whilst drug trafficking has been a concern for several decades, wildlife trafficking has only fairly recently garnered international attention. Often media coverage of wildlife trafficking links it to the illegal trade of drugs. This article analyses wildlife and drug trafficking connections of various kinds. The purpose is to reveal the overlaps and synergies of wildlife and drug trafficking, providing concrete examples of where these markets co-exist as well as intertwine based on literature and original fieldwork. It explores the question of ‘Why in some cases, an illicit market remains focused on a single commodity, whilst in others it accommodates a combination of illicit commodities?’ This study identifies different types of wildlife-drugs linkages, including combined contraband, camouflage, multiple trade lines, shared smuggling routes and transportation methods, barter trade, and laundering drug money. The article shows that illicit markets are complex and the examples of activities and transactions that are provided illuminate some of the different dimensions of converging and diverging trades involving wildlife and drugs.
K1 Criminal networks
K1 Green Criminology
K1 Convergence
K1 Drug Trafficking
K1 Wildlife trafficking
DO 10.1007/s12117-021-09416-z