Wildlife smuggling hubs in Asia explained

Wildlife smuggling hubs in Asia include:^[1]

Myanmar

• Mong La
• Tachileik
• Kyaiktyio
• Three Pagodas Pass
• Muse

Laos

• Vientiane
• Linxia, China

Cambodia

• Preah Monivong (Bokor) National Park
• Phnom Penh

Vietnam

• Pù Mát National Park and Tam Đảo National Park
• Hanoi
• Haiphong
• Vĩnh Yên

Thailand

• Bangkok’s Chatuchak wildlife market
• Mae Sai

Malaysia

PenangKuala Lumpur

Singapore

• Singapore

Indonesia

• Whole of Sumatra, especially Kota Lubuk Liggau
• Borneo (Aceh)

India

National parks (NP) throughout the country, from Kaziranga in the Northeast toPanna in Madhya Pradesh, having been extirpatedin Sariska and Panna NPs as a result of hunting.

China

• Dalou
• Jiegao
• Ruili
• Xishuangbanna
• Kunming
• Nanning
• Pingxiang
• Dongxing
• Haikou
• Guangzhou (especially Chatou Wild Animal market, Qing ping Market, Panjiayuan Market)
• Guangdong
• Xining
• Germu
• Linxia (especially Bei Da Jie market)
• Beijing
• Shanghai,
• Hong Kong
• Lhasa

Notes and References

1. Felbab-Brown. Vanda. June 2011. The Disappearing Act: The Illicit Trade in Wildlife in Asia. Foreign Policy. 6. Brookings Institution. Washington, D.C.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062122/https://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2011/6/illegal%20wildlife%20trade%20felbabbrown/06_illegal_wildlife_trade_felbabbrown.pdf. 4 March 2016.