4: Online Illegal Trade in Reptiles in the Netherlands

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The growth of internet and social media plays an increasing role in the illegal wildlife trade, including the illegal trade in reptiles in the Netherlands. Reptile species are sold on various digital platforms and become victim of this lively online underworld. Reptiles are often laundered online which results in illegal and legal interfaces. This chapter shows how the digital era has enabled traders, buyers, but also illegal entrepreneurs in the reptile business to communicate easily with each other, which complicates law enforcement in the Netherlands.

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