US timber traders help support Myanmar’s brutal junta by skirting laws to import illicit teak
Today (16 May), EIA names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
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Tag: sanctions
Traders defy the law to import more teak into the USA from Myanmar than before the coup
Despite sanctions put in place against the brutal military junta in Myanmar, US traders continue to source precious teak from the country for luxury yachts and flooring
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Asset seizures – a reminder we should be hitting the criminal trade funding despots in the first place
The next time you see a superyacht know this – it is more than likely decked out with Myanmar teak. EIA and the people in Myanmar call it ‘blood timber’ and for good reason
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EIA condemns the invasion of Ukraine and calls on European states to ditch Russian fossil fuels
The Environmental Investigation Agency UK (EIA UK) condemns the unprovoked, violent attack on the people of Ukraine and stands in solidarity with those defending their freedom
Myanmar junta makes another grab for hard cash with major auctions of illicit timber
Myanmar’s violent military junta is tomorrow (16 September) poised to hold one of two massive auctions of illicit timber to replenish its coffers; the second is due to take place on 30 September.
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Italian traders defy the law and sanctions to keep importing teak from Myanmar
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
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