ABSTRACT
Much attention has been devoted to understanding the opportunities brought about by OBOR, yet how such prospects can lead to the manifestation of crime remains largely unexplored. This chapter highlights the potential threats that OBOR can bring to endangered and protected wildlife residing in member states. The illegal tiger parts trade in Lhasa (Tibet) will be drawn upon to demonstrate the magnitude of this trade and the operation of the criminal networks involved. This chapter shows how tiger parts are smuggled across countries in the region into mainland China and in doing so, focuses on the theoretical question of how the criminal networks establish trust within their operating network in trading tiger parts illegally.
