Our Forest Campaigns latest investigation reveals how some of Europe’s top timber traders are circumventing EU regulations to acquire valuable Myanmar teak via Croatia. They are exploiting two loopholes in the legislation to get their hands on illicit supplies of the ‘King of Woods’ for high paying clients to use for luxury products in the marine sector, such as superyacht decking. In our report, The Croatian Connection Exposed: Importing illicit Myanmar teak through Europe’s back door, we named the timber firms involved.
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