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 …

Organised crime groups' involvement in illicit markets is a common focus of law enforcement
and governments. Drug, weapon, human and wildlife trafficking (and others) are all illegal …

The challenges of developing meaningful environmental regulation to protect communities
and the environment have never been greater. Environmental regulators are regularly …

Humanity's intrusion into nature—with the objective of selling animals and plants as
medicine, food, and tourist attractions—is detrimental not only to biodiversity and the health …

This book assesses the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), examining both implementation and compliance. Humans are …

In recent years there has been an increasing focus on the potential public health risks
attached to human enhancement drugs (HEDs). While much work has explored the use and …

Illicit supply networks (ISNs) are composed of coordinated human actors that source, transit,
and distribute illicitly traded goods to consumers, while also creating widespread social and …

Although illegal wildlife trade (IWT) represents a serious threat to biodiversity, research into
the prevalence of illegal plant collection and trade remains scarce. Because cacti and …

The general remit of this paper is the role of wildlife trade in pathogen spillover. Its
underlying assumption is that, so far from being the exclusive domain of the life sciences, the …

We examined the laws and legal provisions governing the commercial trade of terrestrial
wild fauna across the trade chain in some of the world's megadiverse countries and how …