geovalin Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Vietnamese companies are violating a Cambodian ban on timber exports on a massive scale with help from complicit government officials and military personnel, according to a new investigative report. In just three months from December 2016 to February, at least 300,000 cu m of timber was stolen or smuggled out of Cambodia into Vietnam, said a report by the Britain- and US-based non-profit organisation Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released on Monday (May 8). That is enough timber to fill more than 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools by volume. The wood, however, is laundered through a quota system in Vietnam, giving it lawful status in the country and even making them taxable. The trade itself is worth at least US$75 million (S$105 million). read more http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/timber-smuggling-from-cambodia-to-vietnam-aided-by-complicit-officials-and-military Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Shiver me timbers wood piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulwell53 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 75 m pa...pfft! Cameron's father makes that in interest on funds secreted in Cayman island accounts where he has avoided paying tax like ordinary citizens for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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