Corruption ensures a flourishing illegal wildlife trade

The loss of biodiversity is one of the many environmental crises our planet is facing, which includes the poaching and trafficking of wildlife. Historically, wildlife poaching was portrayed as a small-scale local activity in which only small numbers of wildlife would be smuggled illegally by collectors or opportunists. But this image has changed as criminal networks became highly involved in wildlife trafficking. And as we know, these criminal networks rely on corruption to facilitate and reach their goals.