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Interpol arrests 200 and seizes $8m of timber

2013-02-21 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Nearly 200 people have been arrested and 2,000 truckloads of wood seized in one of the biggest raids on suspected illegal timber operations ever undertaken in Latin America. It was Interpol's first international operation against large-scale illegal logging, carried out in 12 Latin American countries alongside national agencies from September to late November last year. About 50,000 cubic metres of wood was seized, with an estimated value of about $8m, according to details released by Interpol this...

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