Myanmar: Trafficking of Banned Myanmar Teak Lands German Company with $4m Fine

May 10, 2021 | Nicolás Bustamante Hernández, Mongabay
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WOB Timber, a logging company based in Hamburg, Germany, has been ordered by a court to pay a $4 million fine for illegally trading Myanmar timber. The April 27 decision was one of the highest financial penalties for this type of crime in the European Union.