US timber traders help support Myanmar’s brutal junta by skirting laws to import illicit teak
Today (16 May), EIA names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
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Today (16 May), EIA names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
The first successful criminal prosecutions under the EU Timber Regulation may be a turning point in meaningful enforcement of the law created to keep stolen and illicit timber out of the bloc’s markets.
Despite sanctions put in place against the brutal military junta in Myanmar, US traders continue to source precious teak from the country for luxury yachts and flooring
In February 2021, Myanmar’s democratically elected ruling party, the National League for Democracy, was overthrown by the Myanmar military in a coup d’état. In the months since the coup, the people of Myanmar (formerly Burma) have been subjected to a continued escalation of conflict and brutal human rights atrocities. To maintain its illegal regime and […]
Since the military coup in Myanmar in 2021, EIA’s Forests campaigners have been investigating and exposing the illicit timber trade from Myanmar to international markets