The brutal military junta which seized control of Myanmar on 1 February is seeking an injection of hard currency by selling off thousands of tonnes of illegal timber to international markets
A key figure in the Myanmar military coup and the country’s natural resources sector has been slapped with sanctions by the US Government
A German company has been convicted and fined for evading sanctions on Myanmar timber
The US Department of the Treasury has today (21 April) hit two major State-owned businesses in Myanmar with trade and economic sanctions
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
Amid the chaos of the brutal military coup in Myanmar and despite previous crackdowns on illegal timber trafficking over its border with China, EIA has established that a major new criminal syndicate is operating the trade