Big Money, Big Cheating: Keeping Profits High and Hidden in the Gabonese Logging Industry
The managers of the company Transport Bois Négoce International (TBNI) know how to make big money off logging the Congo Basin forest while keeping their profit hidden from Gabonese authorities. Yet their methods remain a secret no more, as company officials described in detail to EIA investigators the tricks of their trade.All Africa, 13 June 2019
Gabon, Timber, Congo Basin Forest, illegal timber trading, Illegal logging Minister Speaks Against Rosewood Exploitation
The Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah, has appealed to chiefs in the region to desist from assisting Chinese nationals to engage in the exploitation of rosewood in the region.Peace FM Online, 10 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, illegal timber trading, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus A number of cadres receive money from the smuggled wooden boss "Bart"
On June 9, the Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee announced that it had just filed a lawsuit against 25 defendants in Phan Huu Phuong's illegal logging and transport line (SN 1968, resident of Cu Jut County, Dak Nong Province would have, ie Phuong "beard") for "Violation of regulations on the use, protection of forests and forest products", "Bringing bribes" and "Taking bribes" as well as "Abuse of positions and powers during the exam service".News Beezer, 09 June 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, illegal timber trading, Illegal logging Law on enhanced accountability for illegal logging, timber export comes into force in Ukraine
The law #2531-VIII, which provides the enhancing of the accountability up to the prison sentences for the smuggling of timber, has come into force in Ukraine.112 Internationals, 01 January 2019
Ukraine, Timber, illegal timber trading