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Understanding the illegal ivory trade and traders: evidence from Uganda
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Abstract
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| In the last decade, there has been a major growth in the illegal ivory trade. Although this trade has been analysed from a variety of angles, one perspective is missing in the literature, namely the individual ivory trader. Based on in-depth research among illegal ivory traders in Uganda-which is a major transit point of ivory-this article aims to fill this gap. In doing so, and by linking their activities with the literature on the informal economy and the criminalization of the state, the article shows how various structural circumstances-such as war, globalization and the presence of foreign buyers-had a profound impact on the ways in which the illegal ivory trade was conducted. Initially, these circumstances created an increased market, both in supply and demand, which led many traders to engage in this trade. However, an increased crackdown on the illegal ivory trade has made the conditions much more difficult. By analysing how ivory traders navigate these structural circumstances, the article shows a gradual criminalization of the trade. In other words, the more ivory became criminalized, the more criminal linkages were needed to remain active in the trade, and the more significant power differences became. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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International affairs / Royal Institute of International Affairs [London] - London, 1944, currens
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Publication
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London
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Royal Institute of International Affairs
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2018
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ISSN
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0020-5850
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1468-2346
[online]
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DOI
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10.1093/IA/IIY115
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Volume/pages
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94
:5
(2018)
, p. 1077-1099
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ISI
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000444557400006
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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