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Out of the woods: the illegal trade in tropical timber and a European trade hub

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  • Lieselot Bisschop

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This article responds to the call for more empirical knowledge about transnational environmental crime by analysing the illegal trade in tropical timber. It aims to provide insights into the social organisation of the illegal transports of tropical timber within the local research setting of the port of Antwerp (Belgium) but meanwhile pays attention to elements throughout the flows from locations of origin over transit to destination. It is often difficult to determine which legal and illegal actors are involved in transnational environmental crime. This research sheds light on the legal--illegal interfaces in tropical timber flows connected to this European setting. The results show that the social organisation of transnational environmental crime is shaped by the global context of the places of origin, transit and destination, where it is continuously on a thin line between legal and illegal.

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  • Lieselot Bisschop, 2012. "Out of the woods: the illegal trade in tropical timber and a European trade hub," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 191-212, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:13:y:2012:i:3:p:191-212
    DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2012.701836
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    1. Leipold, Sina, 2017. "How to move companies to source responsibly? German implementation of the European Timber Regulation between persuasion and coercion," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 41-51.
    2. Paul Almond & Judith van Erp, 2020. "Regulation and governance versus criminology: Disciplinary divides, intersections, and opportunities," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 167-183, April.

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