Strategy Page, in an article about using H5N1 as a bioweapon, has the following chilling paragraph:
In a recent batch of smuggled birds tested by the Fish and Wildlife Service, about a third of the sample tested positive for H5N1. Some idea of the degree to which bird smuggling may pose a threat to public health, Britain’s first cases of avian flu occurred in birds brought into the country by a smuggler who had reportedly made over six million dollars in the illegal trade.