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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2020

The "Bio-Crime Model" of Cross-Border Cooperation Among Veterinary Public Health, Justice, Law Enforcements, and Customs to Tackle the Illegal Animal Trade/Bio-Terrorism and to Prevent the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases Among Human Population.

Paolo Zucca, Marie-Christin Rossmann, Jorge E Osorio, Kevin Karem, Paola De Benedictis, Josef Haißl, Paola De Franceschi, Elisa Calligaris, Michaela Kohlweiß, Giulio Meddi and 13 more

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Paolo ZuccaCentral Directorate for Health, Social Policies, and Disabilities, Trieste, Italy.
Marie-Christin RossmannAgriculture, Forestry, Rural areas Veterinary Department, Land Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Jorge E OsorioDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, Madison, WI, United States.
Kevin KaremCentre for Global Health Leadership, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Paola De BenedictisOIE Collaborating Centre and National Reference Centre for Infectious Diseases at the Animal-Human Interface, FAO and National Reference for Rabies, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
Josef HaißlPublic Prosecutor Office, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Paola De FranceschiPublic Prosecutor Office, Udine, Italy.
Elisa CalligarisPublic Prosecutor Office, Udine, Italy.
Michaela KohlweißPolice Direction of the Land Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Giulio MeddiSCIP International Service of Police Cooperation, International Police and Custom Cooperation Centre, Thörl-Maglern, Austria.
Wolfgang GabrutschPolice Direction of the Land Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Horst MairitschCustom Office, Ministry of Finance, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Oronzo GrecoItalian Financial Police, Regional Command Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Trieste, Italy.
Roberto FurlaniItalian Financial Police, Regional Command Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Trieste, Italy.
Marcello MaggioItalian Army, Regional Command Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Trieste, Italy.
Massimiliano TolomeiSmart Solution Mentor, Bologna, Italy.
Alessandro BreminiCentral Directorate for Health, Social Policies, and Disabilities, Trieste, Italy.
Ingrid FischingerBio-crime Veterinary Medical Intelligence Centre - c/o International Police and Custom Cooperation Centre, Thörl-Maglern, Austria.
Paolo ZambottoVeterinary Services, Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy.
Peter WagnerHealth and Care Management Department, Veterinary Services, Land Styria, Graz, Austria.
Yvonne MillardVeterinary Services, Land Burgenland, Eisenstadt, Austria.
Manlio PaleiCentral Directorate for Health, Social Policies, and Disabilities, Trieste, Italy.
Gianna ZamaroCentral Directorate for Health, Social Policies, and Disabilities, Trieste, Italy.
Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia GiuliaCarinthian Economic Promotion Fund · ATCenter for Global Health · USIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie · ITOspedale di Bolzano · ITR2M Solution (Italy) · ITUniversity of Applied Sciences Burgenland · ATUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Illegal animal trade (pet, wildlife, animal products, etc.) is an example of transnational organized crime (T.O.C.) that generates a large business with huge profit margins. This criminal activity causes several negative effects on human health (zoonoses), animal health and welfare, market protection, consumer fraud and may be used as tool of agro/bio-terrorism. Illegal animal trade can facilitate the spread of zoonoses that are defined as diseases and infections that are transmitted by vertebrate animals to man. Humans are affected by more than 1,700 known pathogens: 60% of existing human infectious diseases are zoonotic and at least 75% of emerging infectious diseases of humans have an animal origin and 72% of zoonoses originate from wildlife or exotic animals. The Bio-Crime Project was developed in 2017 by Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy) and Land Carinthia (Austria) together with other public institutions to combat illegal animal trade and to reduce the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans. Project partners agreed that a multi-agency approach was required to tackle the illegal animal trade that was high value, easy to undertake and transnational crime. The Bio-crime model of cross-border cooperation introduces the novel approach of replicating the cooperative framework given by the triad of Veterinary Public Health, Justice and Law Enforcements/Customs across borders using the International Police and Custom Cooperation Centres (IPCCCs) as a connection link among public entities of the neighbor countries. This model has been recognized as a best practice at European level because it can be easily replicated and scaled up without any supplementary cost for Member States.

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bio-crimebio-terrorismcooperationillegal animal tradelaw enforcementsmedical intelligenceveterinary serviceszoonoses

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PMID33240962
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