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E. The Illegal Wildlife Trade<br />
This section on <strong>the</strong> illegal wildlife trade provides <strong>the</strong> methodology for estimating <strong>the</strong> trade’s global value,<br />
retail prices for specific wildlife <strong>and</strong> wildlife products, <strong>and</strong> a comparison of source- <strong>and</strong> market-country<br />
prices for specific goods.<br />
1. Global Illegal Wildlife Trade Value<br />
The below table (Table N) presents a list of sources <strong>and</strong> values from which <strong>the</strong> value of <strong>the</strong> global illegal<br />
wildlife trade was calculated.<br />
Appendix Table N. Global Illegal Wildlife Trade Values (US$)<br />
Source Year Value<br />
UNEP, CITES, IUCN, TRAFFIC 586 2013 $5 billion to $20 billion<br />
TRAFFIC 587 2014 $5 billion to $20 billion<br />
Congressional Research Service 588 2013 $7 billion to $10 billion<br />
Kevin Xie, Harvard International Review 589 2015 $7 billion to $10 billion<br />
Royal United Services Institute 590 2015 $7 billion to $23 billion<br />
WWF <strong>and</strong> Dalberg Global Development Advisors 591 2012 $7.8 billion to $10 billion<br />
Stephen F. Pires, Global <strong>Crime</strong> 592 2012 $8 billion to $10 billion<br />
Melanie Wellsmith, European Journal on Criminal Policy <strong>and</strong> Research 593 2011 $9 billion to $11 billion<br />
African Wildlife Foundation 594 2014 $10 billion<br />
U4 595 2015 $10 billiton to $20 billion<br />
Sarah Morrison, The Independent 596 2014 $12 billion<br />
Natalie Southwick, InSight <strong>Crime</strong> 597 2013 $15 billion to $20 billion<br />
UNEP <strong>and</strong> INTERPOL 598 2013 $15 billion to $20 billion<br />
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust 599 2015 $15 billion to $20 billion<br />
Office of <strong>the</strong> Director for National Intelligence 600 2013 $17 billion<br />
IFAW 601 2013 $19 billion<br />
567<br />
Insurance value adjusted for inflation. “Highest Insurance Valuation for a Painting,” Guinness <strong>World</strong> Records, accessed February 7, 2017, http://<br />
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-insurance-valuation-for-a-painting/.<br />
568<br />
Tom Mashberg, “Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories,” The New York Times, February 26, 2015, https://www.nytimes.<br />
com/2015/03/01/arts/design/isabella-stewart-gardner-heist-25-years-of-<strong>the</strong>ories.html.<br />
569<br />
“April 14, 1991 - Museum Theft, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,” Association for Research into <strong>Crime</strong>s against Art, September 30, 2016, http://<br />
art-crime.blogspot.com/2016/09/april-14-1991-museum-<strong>the</strong>ft-van-gogh.html.<br />
570<br />
Uta Harnischfeger <strong>and</strong> Nicholas Kulish, “At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks,” The New York Times, February 12, 2008, http://www.<br />
nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/europe/12swiss.html.<br />
571<br />
Henry Samuel, “‘Spiderman’ Art Thief Stole €100m of Masterpieces from Paris Museum with ‘Disconcerting Ease’, Court Told,” The Telegraph,<br />
January 31, 2017, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/30/spiderman-art-thief-stole-100m-masterpieces-paris-museum-disconcerting/.<br />
572<br />
Walter Gibbs, “Stolen Munch Paintings Are Recovered,” The New York Times, September 1, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/world/<br />
europe/31cnd-scream.html.<br />
573<br />
Estimated value for <strong>the</strong> 1893 version based on <strong>the</strong> estimated value of <strong>the</strong> 1910 version. Ibid.<br />
574<br />
Josephine McKenna, “Van Gogh Masterpieces Stolen from Amsterdam in Daring Heist 14 Years Ago Turn up in Italian Mafia’s Country Mansion,”<br />
The Telegraph, September 30, 2016, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/30/van-gogh-paintings-discovered-in-italy-14-years-after-<strong>the</strong>y-were/.<br />
575<br />
“Stolen Picassos Found in Paris,” BBC News, August 7, 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6935819.stm.<br />
576<br />
“Van Gogh Stolen from Egyptian Museum for <strong>the</strong> Second Time,” The Telegraph, August 21, 2010, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/<br />
africa<strong>and</strong>indianocean/egypt/7958041/Van-Gogh-stolen-from-Egyptian-museum-for-<strong>the</strong>-second-time.html.<br />
577<br />
Tom Phillips, “Stolen Picasso Recovered Undamaged in Brazil,” The Guardian, January 10, 2008, https://www.<strong>the</strong>guardian.com/world/2008/jan/10/<br />
artsfunding.artnews.<br />
578<br />
“Da Vinci Painting Stolen,” BBC News, August 27, 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotl<strong>and</strong>/3185441.stm; Severin Carrell, “Five Cleared<br />
of Trying to Extort £4.25m from Duke over Stolen Da Vinci Painting,” The Guardian, April 21, 2010, https://www.<strong>the</strong>guardian.com/art<strong>and</strong>design/2010/<br />
apr/21/art-<strong>the</strong>ft-trial-leonardo-da-vinci.<br />
579<br />
Robert J. McCartney, “Ancient Art Stolen In Mexico,” The Washington Post, December 27, 1985, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/12/27/ancient-art-stolen-in-mexico/608bdf81-11e3-442b-8978-70e72254fc97/?utm_term=.c7eee23db5d2.<br />
580<br />
Lex Boon, “The Art of Stealing: The Tragic Fate of <strong>the</strong> Masterpieces Stolen from Rotterdam,” Nrc.nl, accessed March 18, 2016, http://www.nrc.nl/<br />
kunsthal-en/.<br />
581<br />
Mark Townsend <strong>and</strong> Caroline Davies, “Mystery of <strong>the</strong> Stolen Moore Solved,” The Guardian, May 16, 2009, https://www.<strong>the</strong>guardian.com/art<strong>and</strong>design/2009/may/17/henry-moore-sculpture-<strong>the</strong>ft-reclining-figure.<br />
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