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** Timber trader raided for dealing Myanmar teak ([link removed])
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Acting with information from EIA's Forests team, German authorities raided the private villa of timber trader Stefan Bührich and the grounds of a company of which he was formerly a director. Bührich was the director of WOB Timber in Hamburg, previously investigated by EIA for exploiting regulatory loopholes to trade illicit timber in circumvention of the EU Timber Regulation. A total of 111m^3 of teak worth more than €1 million was seized on suspicion of being illegally imported from Myanmar.
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** Refrigerant gas added to our Crime Tracker ([link removed])
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Refrigerant gases have been added to EIA’s first-of-its-kind Global Environmental Crime Tracker. Seizure data is collated from news reports, data submitted to the Montreal Protocol and direct communications with governments and enforcement authorities.
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** Exposing legal loopholes ([link removed])
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Legal loopholes in wildlife trade between Uganda and China could facilitate an illicit shadow trade in pangolin scales, our latest report warns. Lethal Loopholes examines global traditional Chinese medicine interests and the related trade in pangolins.
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** Art exhibition for EIA ([link removed])
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Huge thanks to The Wildlife Art Society International for nominating EIA as beneficiary of its annual exhibition, marking its 30th anniversary and hosted by Nature in Art from 28 May to 5 June. Register to attend in person or via a webinar on 31 May.
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