This article provides an introduction to the special issue of Trends in Organized Crime on ‘Organised Crime and Animals’. The special issue contributes to the criminological literature on organised crime, new illicit markets and green criminology. The articles in this special issue offer a wide range of empirical evidence, criminological analysis and theoretical explorations of the various connections between organised crime and animals, including the illegal wildlife trade, gambling on animals, puppy trafficking, the killing of wolves and illegal, unreported fisheries and the regulatory and enforcement responses to these phenomena.

中文翻译：

---

有组织的犯罪和动物

本文介绍了 关于“有组织犯罪和动物”的有组织犯罪趋势特刊 。本期特刊为有关有组织犯罪、新的非法市场和绿色犯罪学的犯罪学文献做出了贡献。本期特刊中的文章对有组织犯罪与动物之间的各种联系提供了广泛的经验证据、犯罪学分析和理论探索，包括非法野生动物贸易、赌博动物、贩卖小狗、杀狼和非法、未报告的渔业以及对这些现象的监管和执法反应。