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EIA accuses German company of importing illegal teak from Myanmar
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) submitted evidence to German and European enforcement authorities showing serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a German company selling illegal Myanmar teak. The complaint against Alfred Neumann Co. Ltd. is the 15th complaint of “illegally harvested timber being placed on the market in Europe” filed by EIA on the EUTR. Numerous authorities in Europe have previously found companies selling Myanmar teak in violation of the EUTR. EIA’s forest campaigner Alec Dawson highlighted the fact that companies such as Alfred Neumann “connect the world’s most corrupt teak traders with the world’s most prestigious yacht-builders and clients, contributing to the destruction of Myanmar’s teak forests.” EIA has urged European leaders to have “tougher enforcement” of laws in the... Continue reading
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March 27, 2019
EIA accuses German company of importing illegal teak from Myanmar
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) submitted evidence to German and European enforcement authorities showing serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a German company selling illegal Myanmar teak. The complaint against Alfred Neumann Co. Ltd. is the 15th complaint of “illegally harvested timber being placed on the market in Europe” filed by EIA on the EUTR. Numerous authorities in Europe have previously found companies selling Myanmar teak in violation of the EUTR. EIA’s forest campaigner Alec Dawson highlighted the fact that companies such as Alfred Neumann “connect the world’s most corrupt teak traders with the world’s most prestigious yacht-builders and clients, contributing to the destruction of Myanmar’s teak forests.” EIA has urged European leaders to have “tougher enforcement” of laws in the... Continue reading
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March 27, 2019
EIA accuses German company of importing illegal teak from Myanmar
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) submitted evidence to German and European enforcement authorities showing serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a German company selling illegal Myanmar teak. The complaint against Alfred Neumann Co. Ltd. is the 15th complaint of “illegally harvested timber being placed on the market in Europe” filed by EIA on the EUTR. Numerous authorities in Europe have previously found companies selling Myanmar teak in violation of the EUTR. EIA’s forest campaigner Alec Dawson highlighted the fact that companies such as Alfred Neumann “connect the world’s most corrupt teak traders with the world’s most prestigious yacht-builders and clients, contributing to the destruction of Myanmar’s teak forests.” EIA has urged European leaders to have “tougher enforcement” of laws in the... Continue reading
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February 2, 2016
Lumber Liquidators fined $13.2 million for importing illegal wood from China
Lumber Liquidators was fined under the Lacey Act because they imported illegal wood and submitted false declaration. The Virgina-based company has to pay $13.2 million, as decided under the Lacey Act, that is a conservation law that makes it a crime to import plants and animals taken in violation of state and foreign law, as EIA reports stated. The company now has to implement a strict environmental compliance plan, as it was put under a 5-year probation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service discovered after two years of investigation, that the flooring retailer smuggled illegal wood from the forests of the Russian Far East. Lumber Liquidators were found guilty in October 2015 and fined today for one criminal felony of entry of goods by means of false statements and four misdemeanor counts of violating the Lacey Act. The forests of the Russian Far... Continue reading
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February 2, 2016
Lumber Liquidators fined $13.2 million for importing illegal wood from China
Lumber Liquidators was fined under the Lacey Act because they imported illegal wood and submitted false declaration. The Virgina-based company has to pay $13.2 million, as decided under the Lacey Act, that is a conservation law that makes it a crime to import plants and animals taken in violation of state and foreign law, as EIA reports stated. The company now has to implement a strict environmental compliance plan, as it was put under a 5-year probation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service discovered after two years of investigation, that the flooring retailer smuggled illegal wood from the forests of the Russian Far East. Lumber Liquidators were found guilty in October 2015 and fined today for one criminal felony of entry of goods by means of false statements and four misdemeanor counts of violating the Lacey Act. The forests of the Russian Far... Continue reading
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March 27, 2019
EIA accuses German company of importing illegal teak from Myanmar
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) submitted evidence to German and European enforcement authorities showing serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a German company selling illegal Myanmar teak. The complaint against Alfred Neumann Co. Ltd. is the 15th complaint of “illegally harvested timber being placed on the market in Europe” filed by EIA on the EUTR. Numerous authorities in Europe have previously found companies selling Myanmar teak in violation of the EUTR. EIA’s forest campaigner Alec Dawson highlighted the fact that companies such as Alfred Neumann “connect the world’s most corrupt teak traders with the world’s most prestigious yacht-builders and clients, contributing to the destruction of Myanmar’s teak forests.” EIA has urged European leaders to have “tougher enforcement” of laws in the... Continue reading