Despite EU sanctions, cash-hungry Myanmar military offers to accept Euros in upcoming teak auction
Despite EU sanctions, cash-hungry Myanmar military offers to accept Euros in upcoming teak auction.
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Sanction-busting Italian timber traders defy EU law to import Myanmar teak, aiding the brutal military regime
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, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) can reveal