Council of the European Union today announced a new wave of sanctions against the brutal military regime in Myanmar, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcomed the move for recognising the importance of the county’s natural resources sector, especially timber exports, in generating hard currency for the regime
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
With grave concern that the profits from Myanmar timber exports are going into the pockets of the military junta responsible for the country’s ongoing violent coup, new analysis has now identified a pattern of timber tax evasion by exporting companies
Despite several high-profile seizures during the past four years, there have been hardly any proper investigations into the international illegal wildlife trade and few prosecutions of the criminals involved, a new analysis of pubic and court records has revealed.
Our position is absolutely clear – EIA will not support any trade in timber and wood products originating from Myanmar
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is assuming responsibility for an innovative project seeking to shut wildlife and environmental criminals out of the global financial system