Wildlife group busts illegal loggers in Cambodia

24 May 2013
Australia Network News
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
address book / Bribery / Cambodian Government / conservation / Corruption / crime / deforestation / FA / Forestry Administration / Forests / Government officials / illegal logging / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / luxury wood / RGC / rosewood / Royal Government of Cambodia / Wildlife Alliance

An illegal logger in Cambodia has dropped an address book during a bust, leaving behind details of corrupt government officials and spying rangers. The man fled after being intercepted by police over an illegal haul of rare rosewood in Koh Kong province earlier this month. …. “We were able to confiscate the wood, and we stumbled upon this treasure trove of names and pay off amounts of all the people he had been dealing with, including some government officials,” she said. …. Several rangers working with Wildlife Alliance have been identified as spies for the loggers and are currently under 24-hour surveillance after being questioned.

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