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The illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest black markets in the world, and in the Pacific Northwest, a giant clam has become the prime target of a growing criminal underbelly.
Hitmen, smugglers, and clams? In his book “Shell Games”, Craig Welch tells the story of environmental detectives who are trying to track down smugglers of the geoduck (GOO-EE duck) clam. Host Jeff Young talks with Welch about how the global black market for wildlife has increased the demand for species close to home.