New research led by The Australian National University (ANU), in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), has mapped the hidden routes used to traffic wild parrots across Mexico, revealing how criminal networks evolve and helping authorities predict where wildlife traffickers are most likely to operate next.The interdisciplinary study combines landscape ecology with criminology to reveal how illegal wildlife trafficking has evolved over the past three decades, transforming confiscation data into an interactive model that can identify future trafficking hotspots.