The illegal cross-border trafficking in rare and protected wild species

Abstract

This paper contains analyses of illegal cross-border trafficking in rare and protected wild species in the period from 2013 to 2019. The method used in the paper is the analysis of data obtained from the responsible departments of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the published reports of non-governmental sector and professional literature. Individually have been analyzed the reports of the Group for the implementation of CITES convention of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia in the period from 2013 - 2017, the data from the Environmental Protection Inspectorate of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2015 - 2019, the Report on illegal killing, poisoning, catching, holding and trade in wild birds in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2000 to 2017 of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia and the publication "The Last Flight - a guide to recognizing and preventing the death of birds", published by the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia.

Keywords

• illegal cross-border trafficking
• rare and protected wild species