Wildlife Watch
Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of the Illegal Wildlife Trade
...the trade is worth
at least US$19 billion per year and rank illegal wildlife trade, including timber and fisheries, as the fourth largest global illegal activity after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking and ahead of oil, art, gold, human organs, small arms, and diamonds.
Traffickers have a large variety of commodities to exploit depending on their resources, motives, and location in
the world, i...
Posted on 17 Jul 2013