Working with information supplied by EIA’s Forests team, German police and customs have raided the private villa of timber trader Stefan Bührich and the grounds of a company of which he was previously a director
Royal Boogaerdt Timber broke the due diligence requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) when it imported Myanmar teak, the Council of State in the Netherlands has confirmed.
A German company has been convicted and fined for evading sanctions on Myanmar timber
A German company has been convicted for evading sanctions on Myanmar timber from 2008-11, when the previous military junta –the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) – was sanctioned by the EU
The EU and UK sanctioning the MTE and targeting those individuals who directly profit from Myanmar’s timber and trade would only add weight to the international community’s attempts to choke off the funds enabling more violence and brutality
The crackdown on Myanmar teak in the Netherlands has expanded to include criminal prosecutions against a range of companies and individuals, EIA has learnt