Illegal smuggling of refrigerant gases into Europe continues as the climate crisis worsens
Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, EIA’s latest research shows
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Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, EIA’s latest research shows
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
An Italian superyacht firm is seeking new investment by going public – despite being accused by EIA of breaching EU law over the importation of teak from Myanmar
Despite trade sanctions imposed in June to ban imports of Myanmar teak into Europe, more than 300 tonnes of the ‘king of woods’ worth well over €2 million has since entered into Italy
Italy has been exposed at the heart of an ongoing trade in illicit timber from Myanmar, in defiance of both EU trade regulations and sanctions imposed in response to the violent military coup earlier this year
As Myanmar suffers escalating violence under the military coup, one teak trading company has been caught boasting about continuing to import timber regardless of the consequences