Abstract
Over the past several decades, illegally sourced timber has contributed to a growing roster of problems that affect both producing and consuming countries alike. Within the United States, the effect of timber trafficking on the national economy, and its potential effect on American foreign policy, has raised serious concern — so much so that in 2002, President George W. Bush announced his Initiative Against Illegal Logging in an attempt to discern and curtail the causes, methods, and parties involved in illegal activities. In 2005, the National Institute of Justice and Department of State, under the auspices of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, commissioned a literature review by Abt Associates to answer two principal questions:
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Who commits the crimes of illegal timbering?
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Hwo do they commit these crimes?
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Abt Associates Inc.. Illegal logging: A market-based analysis of trafficking in illegal timber. Trends Organ Crim 10, 61–64 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-006-1030-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-006-1030-7