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Connections between trades and trafficking in wildlife and drugs [PDF]

Trends in Organized Crime, 2021
AbstractWhilst 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.
Nigel South, Tanya Wyatt, Daan Van Uhm   +2 more
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Where are you hiding the pangolins? screening tools to detect illicit contraband at international borders and their adaptability for illegal wildlife trafficking. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The illegal movement of wildlife poses a public health, conservation and biosecurity threat, however there are currently minimal screening tools available at international ports of entry to intercept wildlife trafficking efforts.
Georgia Kate Moloney, Anne-Lise Chaber
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Extracting and Visualizing Wildlife Trafficking Events from Wildlife Trafficking Reports

2022 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), 2022
Experts combating wildlife trafficking manually sift through articles about seizures and arrests, which is time consuming and make identifying trends difficult. We apply natural language processing techniques to automatically extract data from reports published by the Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE).
Kyumin Lee
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Detecting illegal wildlife trafficking via real time tomography 3D X-ray imaging and automated algorithms

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Wildlife trafficking is a global problem involving the deliberate and illegal transport of wildlife across international borders. Animals are either removed directly from their natural environment or bred specifically to fuel demand driven by activities ...
Vanessa Pirotta, Vanessa Pirotta, Kaikai Shen, Sheldon Liu, Ha Tran Hong Phan, Justine K. O’Brien, Phoebe Meagher, Jessica Mitchell, Joel Willis, Ed Morton   +9 more
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Biobanks in veterinary forensic medicine: A systematic review on Advances, challenges, and applications in combating wildlife trafficking [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Biobanks represent organized repositories of biological samples linked to associated data, designed for long-term scientific, clinical, and forensic utilization.
Natália Freitas de Souza, Teng Fwu Shing, Leticia Gondim Souto, Fernanda de Freitas Alves Vieira, Juliana Keiko Louriçal Firmo Nishihara, Nadia Yumi Yamamoto Dos Santos, Bianca Parcianello Rostirolla, Marcela da Costa Gomes, Fernanda Barthelson Carvalho de Moura, Noeme Sousa Rocha   +9 more
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Policing wildlife trafficking in northeastern Mexico: the case of Tamaulipas in 2023-2024

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Illegal wildlife trade is an environmental, economic, and social problem that threatens global public health and the security of countries. It is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss on a global scale.
JOSÉ Luis Carpio Dominguez, Jesus Ignacio Castro Salazar, Carpio-Domínguez JOSÉ Luis   +2 more
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Mitochondrial Markers COI and 16S rRNA for the Molecular Identification of Parrots and Macaws Recovered From Illegal Trafficking in Three Areas of Colombia [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Illegal wildlife trafficking is a major threat to biodiversity, severely affecting many species, including Psittacidae. In this context, molecular tools such as DNA barcoding provide an effective alternative for taxonomic identification, complementing ...
Julián Marín‐Villa, Juan Carlos Rincón‐Flórez, Cristina Úsuga‐Monroy, Albeiro López‐Herrera   +3 more
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The cost of knowing what will stop wildlife trafficking: Organizations reallocating 3% annually could reveal what works to protect species

Conservation Science and Practice
Wildlife trafficking is a multibillion‐dollar illicit business that drives biodiversity loss, compromises bio‐ and national security, and can threaten the safety and wellbeing of local communities.
Jennifer R B Miller
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Wildlife trafficking on the internet: a virtual market similar to drug trafficking?

Revista Criminalidad, 2019
Over the past two decades, the rapid growth of the Internet has led to important changes in criminal activities, offering such as illegal trafficking.
Elodie Demeau, Miguel Eduardo Vargas Monroy, Jeffrey Karolan   +2 more
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The Links between Human Trafficking and Wildlife Trafficking

This chapter reviews the convergences that occur between human trafficking and illegal wildlife trade according to information and case studies reported in the literature, including academic and gray publications, as well as the authors’ personal knowledge and empirical research in this area.
Daan Van Uhm, Michelle Anagnostou
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