Wildlife and Resource Smuggling
Wildlife and natural resource smuggling has emerged as a non-traditional security threat, intersecting with organised crime and, in some cases, terror financing. India’s biodiversity hotspots and porous borders make it vulnerable to illegal trade networks with transnational linkages.
Nature of Non-Traditional Security Threat
- High-Value Illicit Markets: Trafficking in tiger parts, rhino horn, pangolin scales, and red sanders caters to global demand.
- Transnational Organised Crime: Networks operate across South and Southeast Asia, using established smuggling corridors.
- Link with Other Illicit Trades: Overlaps with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and money laundering, increasing network resilience.
Security Implications
- Terror and Insurgency Financing: In ....
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