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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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01/04/2013 Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment
East Asia and the Pacific have experienced rapid economic and social changes during the past few decades ... 		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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01/01/2013 Transnational Environmental Crime – a common crime in need of better enforcement
This issue of UNEP's Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) newsletter focuses on environmental ... 		UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service

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23/09/2012 Green Carbon: Black Trade - Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests
This report focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of ... 		UNEP/Interpol

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25/07/2012 Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit
The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) is the collaborative effort by five ... 		The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)

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12/04/2012 Corruption, Environment and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the special event entitled “Impact of ... 		UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

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20/03/2012 Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging
Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers around ... 		World Bank (Marilyne Pereira Goncalves, Melissa Panjer, Theodore S. Greenberg, William B. Magrath)

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05/08/2010 Rogue Traders: The Murky Business of Merbau Timber Smuggling in Indonesia
In this report, London-based EIA and Indonesian group Telapak identify businessmen Ricky Gunawan and ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) & Telapak

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17/06/2010 The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment
This report by UNODC shows how organised crime has globalized and turned into one of the world's ... 		UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

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NEWS

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21/02/2013 Interpol Launches Crackdown On Global Timber Trafficking In Latin America
Interpol says its recent arrest of nearly 200 people suspected of engaging in illegal logging and timber ... 		International Business Times

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29/01/2013 Is Quirino’s drive on illegal logging worth dying for?
Maddela, Quirino - Residents in the farming village of Villa Sur in Maddela, Quirino, were shocked when ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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31/12/2012 The year in rainforests
2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/12/2012 UNODC: Break links between illegal timber trade, corruption and transnational organized crime
Jakarta - Environmental crimes – often financed and organized by transnational organized criminal ... 		Tempointeractive

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29/11/2012 China: world's top buyer of illegal timber is driving deforestation
Beijing - China, emergent superpower and the world’s second biggest economy, is effectively standing ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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29/11/2012 How illegal logging in Brazil's Amazon turns 'legal'
Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazon region has slowed in recent years, and this week the government ... 		BBC News

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14/11/2012 Cambodian villagers fight against powerful timber industry
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Hang Serei Oudom told his 7-month pregnant wife that he was going out to ... 		Alaska Dispatch, US

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05/11/2012 Timber’s unholy journey to the market
A few high-ranking Government officials and dealers have made huge profits from the increasing illegal ... 		New Vision, Uganda

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31/10/2012 Surigao environmentalists vow to continue crusade despite shooting incident
Surigao City - Supporters of environmental activist Dr. Isidro Olan, who survived an ambush in Carmen, ... 		MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines

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30/10/2012 Gunman shoots environmentalist opposed to destructive mining, illegal logging in Southern Philippines
Pagadian City - An unidentified gunman shot and wounded the head of an environmental group who was opposing ... 		The Mindanao Examiner, Philippines

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22/10/2012 Verdict decried in murder case
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17/10/2012 Organised crime, illegal timber and Australia’s role in deforestation
Illegal logging is booming, as criminal organisations tighten their grip on this profitable global industry. ... 		The Conversation, Australia

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12/10/2012 Forest Guardians
DENR has reported that since the start of strict enforcement of the order banning loggers from the vicinity ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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10/10/2012 Cambodia closes case, thwarts justice, in forester murder
The Cambodian government has rightly earned failing grades for doing nothing to halt or investigate human ... 		The Huffington Post

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09/10/2012 Filipino illegal loggers pose deadly threat
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08/10/2012 In the land of the Maya, a battle for a vital forest
In Guatemala’s vast Maya Biosphere Reserve, conservation groups are battling to preserve a unique ... 		Yale Environment 360

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05/10/2012 Billions of dollars lost each year to illegal logging
The joint [UNEP/Interpol] report, called Green ... 		Voice of America

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04/10/2012 Abrupt end to murder trial
The trial of a security guard linked to the mysterious murder of prominent Cambodian environmentalist ... 		Radio Free Asia

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02/10/2012 Rangers losing battle in Philippine forests
Norzagaray, Philippines — Father-of-five Alex Lesber patrols one of the Philippines' most ... 		AFP

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30/09/2012 Don’t tell anyone a forest is falling in Cambodia
“If they come to Cambodia, I will hit them until their heads are broken”.

These are the ... 		AsianCorrespondent.com

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27/09/2012 Organized crime trade worth over US$30 billion responsible for up to 90% of tropical deforestation
Rome - Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa ... 		UNEP News Centre

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27/09/2012 Reporter beaten for story on logging
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Cambodian military police said they were looking for three men, including a former ... 		UPI.com

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20/09/2012 Unesco condemns slayings of journalists In Philippines, Cambodia
At least four journalists have been killed in the Philippines since the beginning of this year. ... 		International Business Times

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14/09/2012 Military policeman held in Cambodia journalist murder
Phnom Penh — A Cambodian military police officer has been arrested in connection with the brutal ... 		AFP

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13/09/2012 Justice demanded for slain Cambodian journalist
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Press freedom groups are calling for justice for a Cambodian reporter whose ... 		The Associated Press

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12/09/2012 Slain journalist exposed illegal logging in Cambodia, colleagues said
A Cambodian journalist who exposed rampant illegal logging has been found murdered in the boot of his ... 		The Australian

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11/09/2012 Interpol clamps down on illegal logging
The illegal logging industry is worth almost as much as drug production, according to the international ... 		BBC News

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10/09/2012 What are the ecological costs of China’s future food imports?
China’s growing agribusinesses and demand for soybeans and meat is bringing intensive farming and ... 		China Dialogue

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07/09/2012 Timber smugglers arrested for killing 4 people
Mansehra - Police on Thursday arrested two timber smugglers who had allegedly killed four members of ... 		The News, Pakistan

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21/08/2012 Prosecutors look at illegal logging, mining as financial source of rebel groups
Peru’s anti-terrorism prosecutor, Julio Galindo, says that his office is investigating the sources ... 		Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times

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20/08/2012 Insight-DNA tests tell trees from the wood; curb illegal logging
* Global illegal timber trade worth up to $30 bln -Interpol

* DNA tests reveal species, origin of ... 		Reuters

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01/08/2012 IFJ condemns threats made against journalists in the Philippines
The IFJ [International Federation of Journalists] is alarmed to learn of threats made against the lives ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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30/07/2012 ABS-CBN Butuan reporters get death threats
Manila, Philippines - Two Butuan-based reporters of ABS-CBN have received death threats over their coverage ... 		ABS-CBNnews.com

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25/07/2012 ICCWC launches wildlife and forest crime toolkit
Geneva – The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) today launched its Wildlife ... 		CITES

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11/07/2012 Mobsters blamed for murder of Indians in western Mexico
An attorney advising a beleaguered indigenous community in the western Mexican state of Michoacan said ... 		Fox News

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20/06/2012 Illegal log syndicates seen source of threats
Cagayan de Oro City - Threats have been hounding at least five journalists here and in Butuan City over ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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08/06/2012 Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime
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08/06/2012 Colombia seizes 450 tons of illegal timber
The Colombian military seized 450 tons of illegally felled timber in the Pacific port of Buenaventura, ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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30/05/2012 Brazil activist flees after threats from illegal loggers
The story of a Brazilian campaigner forced to flee her Amazon home by death threats from illegal loggers ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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17/05/2012 'Illegal mining bigger than drug trade in Peru': analyst
Profits from illegal mining in Peru are higher than those of cocaine trafficking, according to a consulting ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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16/05/2012 Officials aware of illegal logging scam - villagers
Villagers and leaders living near Ngumburuni Forest Reserve in Rufiji District, Coast Region [Tanzania]say ... 		IPP Media

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02/05/2012 'Stop charging environmental activists under anti terrorist courts': residents
Chitral - For the last three years residents of Ayun Valley in Chitral are in protest against Timber ... 		The Dardistan Times, India

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26/04/2012 Loggers threaten Brazil Amazon residents: Amnesty
Rio de Janeiro — Communities in remote corners of Brazil's Amazon jungle are facing repeated ... 		AFP

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21/04/2012 Mexican Indians free hostages
Morelia, Mexico – Fourteen police and two government officials taken prisoner by a group of Indians ... 		Latin American Herald Tribune

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20/04/2012 Mexican indigenous community holds 14 police after killings
Morelia, Mexico — Inhabitants of an indigenous community in western Mexico detained 14 police officers ... 		AFP

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17/04/2012 Drug traffickers take note of Peru's illegal timber trade
Timber traffickers in Peru have built a huge logistical network for bribing officials and moving illegally ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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29/03/2012 Interpol demands crackdown on 'serious and organised' eco crime
Ivory poaching and illegal logging requires needs tougher enforcement and intelligence input, says Interpol ... 		The Guardian, UK

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26/03/2012 Govt asked to check deforestation
Karak - Many precious trees were on the verge of extinction as the illegal deforestation in the Sheenghar ... 		The News, Pakistan

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20/03/2012 “Dirty money” in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated - World Bank reports
Washington – Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ... 		World Bank

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15/03/2012 Africa: 'Dirty money' in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated, says World Bank report
Washington — Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ... 		allAfrica.com

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03/03/2012 Nicaragua bids to stem deforestation with eco-soldiers
Deep inside the verdant and sweltering vegetation of Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast, a specially trained ... 		BBC News

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29/02/2012 Make illegal logging heinous crime, Paje urges Congress
Because of the gruesome crimes committed against defenders of the environment, particularly forest protection ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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20/02/2012 Seizures point to timber trafficking ring in Guatemala
Recent seizures of illegally trafficked timber in Guatemala suggests there is an organized smuggling ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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12/02/2012 Amazon defenders face death or exile
Brazilian activists who inform on illegal loggers laying waste to the rainforests can expect a visit ... 		The Guardian, UK

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03/02/2012 Demystifying the illegal economy in Pakistan
Pakistan is located on a geographical fault line, and some of the countrys socio-economic ailments have ... 		Business Recorder, Pakistan

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01/02/2012 Edo c’ttee on forestry decries illegal logging, bush burning
The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Committee on Forestry, Chief Lucky Eriyo, said the State has ... 		Leadership, Nigeria

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28/01/2012 Illegal timber poaching threatening extinction of rare trees in Kohistan
Illegal timber poaching in the Kohistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, is now threatening the extinction of some ... 		News, Pakistan

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09/01/2012 Peruvian gangs traffic timber from Brazil
Peruvian groups carry out illegal logging in Brazil before transporting the wood along tributaries of ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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30/12/2011 Ex-MNA seeks end to deforestation
Peshawar - A leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and former Member of National Assembly (MNA) on Thursday ... 		The News, Pakistan

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14/12/2011 Report: Colombia's coca crop a forest killer
A new study says more than 3,000 square miles (800,000 hectares) of Colombia's woodlands have been ... 		ABC News, US

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24/11/2011 Drug gangs could make old land conflict boil over in South Mexico
A long-running land conflict in southern Mexico is causing new problems, and the situation is made more ... 		InsightCrime, US

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21/11/2011 VICE presents TOXIC: Amazon, an investigation of the murders of Brazilian husband and wife and rainforest activists, Zé Cláudio and Maria
New York - VICE today announces the premiere of TOXIC: Amazon, an original documentary surrounding ... 		VICE

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17/11/2011 China’s appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests
More than half of the timber now shipped globally is destined for China. But unscrupulous Chinese companies ... 		Yale Environment 360

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10/11/2011 'Father of Mangroves' fights for Pakistan's forests
Karachi — It was a brutal kidnap that turned him into an eco-warrior, and 27 years later Pakistan's ... 		AFP

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08/11/2011 DENR XI claims illegal logging curbed
Tagum City, Davao del Norte - Fabrication of illegally cut trees into classroom materials is massive ... 		PIA Information Services, Philippines

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26/10/2011 Eighth Brazilian farmer since May killed in Amazon
Rio de Janeiro - An agricultural leader protesting illegal deforestation was shot to death in northern ... 		AFP

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07/10/2011 War on drugs: deforestation and pollution
One of the frequently overlooked costs of the war on drugs is its negative impact on the environment ... 		Guatemala News

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01/10/2011 Developing countries united under UN agency to counter deforestation
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), deforestation causes a fifth of global ... 		The International

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19/09/2011 Brazilian police arrest suspects in Amazon murders of environmentalists
Two held over killings of José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do Espírito Santo, ... 		Guardian, UK

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19/09/2011 Rosewood trees in crisis
Asia's last real expanse of the highly-prized payoong (rosewood) tree in Thailand's Northeast ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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08/09/2011 Azerbaijan's forest thieves
Baku, Azerbaijan - Official data show that Azerbaijan's forests have finally begun to expand after ... 		Environment News Service

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31/08/2011 Colombia declares war on timber trafficking mafia
Colombia’s government announced a “crusade” against illegal logging, vowing to clamp ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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24/08/2011 Asia’s forest rangers train to boost defenses against poaching and illegal logging
Forest rangers from across Asia began intensive counter poaching operations training today under a new ... 		PhuketIndex, Thailand

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10/08/2011 Customs officer sacked, three suspended over cocaine in container
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dismissed a customs officer and suspended three others, following ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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05/08/2011 Death of a campaigner: corrupt Indian officials blamed in killing of activist
Arup Kalita's body was found this week, his skeletal remains finally recovered from the shallow ... 		The Telegraph, UK

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06/07/2011 Now Mexican drug cartels are shooting villagers for timber
As Mexico's powerful drug cartels diversify operations beyond the illegal drug trade, the organized ... 		Business Insider

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06/07/2011 Brazil to protect Amazon activists threatened with murder
At least 131 people to receive some form of protection after series of assassinations in tussle over ... 		Guardian, UK

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30/06/2011 Brazil revokes Amazon logging permits after deaths
Brasilia — The Brazilian government shut down 12 logging operations in a part of the Amazon rainforest ... 		AFP

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21/06/2011 Logs in shipment where cocaine found were in-transit in Jamaica – Singh
The logs in a container where 122 kgs of cocaine were found last March in Jamaica were in-transit, Guyana ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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19/06/2011 Brazil land barons seen behind Amazon killings
Nova Ipizuna, Brazil — Nearly a month after the murder in Brazil's Amazon of an activist couple ... 		AFP

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17/06/2011 Murders in the Amazon to be added to hundreds of unsolved crimes
As deforestation escalates in the Amazon, so is murder - with five rural workers killed in the last three ... 		WWF

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16/06/2011 Malaysian palm oil company violates Indonesia's logging moratorium
An undercover investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of Malaysian palm oil company has illegally ... 		Mongabay.com

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15/06/2011 Five environmental activists murdered in Brazil in three weeks
Another rural worker, Obede Loyla Souza, 31, the father of three children, was assassinated in Pará ... 		BrazzilMag

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14/06/2011 Another Brazilian killed in Amazon land dispute
Rio de Janeiro - Another resident of Brazil's Amazon has been shot dead in the sixth such murder ... 		AFP

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03/06/2011 Brazil: Amazon murders reveal dark pattern of land conflicts
Following a string of murders in a logging village in Brazil's Amazon, the government is working ... 		InSight

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03/06/2011 Rousseff to send military to Amazon rainforest to stop violence
Brasilia - Military and federal police officers are to be deployed in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest ... 		Monsters and Critics

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03/06/2011 Timber wars
Conservationists demand better support for rangers defending Vietnam’s forests against a growing ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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31/05/2011 Brazil federal leaders discuss Amazon conflict
Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon rain forest ... 		Taiwan News

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31/05/2011 Madagascar moves to protect precious forests
Madagascar's Ministry of Environment is heralding the success of a crackdown on illegal logging, ... 		Voice of America

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30/05/2011 Journalist covering illegal logging stabbed
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30/05/2011 Brazil to protect environmental activists as murders increase over illegal logging disputes
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon ... 		The Huffington Post, US

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28/05/2011 Assassinations of environmentalists continue in Brazil's Amazon, deforestation rises
A community leader in the Brazilian Amazon was slain Friday just three days after two environmentalists ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/05/2011 WWF calls for justice on Amazon assasinations
Pará state, Brazil - WWF-Brazil has called on Federal Police to conduct "an agile, in depth ... 		WWF

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24/05/2011 Killing in the name of deforestation: Amazon activist and wife assassinated
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva, were ... 		Mongabay.com

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07/05/2011 Mexican community takes on armed gangs
Tension is palpable on the streets of Cheran, a town in the mountains of Michoacan state, western Mexico, ... 		Sky News, Australia

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04/05/2011 Chongqing Hilton shareholder Peng Zhimin sentenced to life in prison
At 10am this morning, Chongqing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Peng Zhimin, ... 		Economic Observer, China

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28/04/2011 Assam to take Arunachal help on smuggling Proposal to form joint team
Dibrugarh - Forest officers posted under various divisions in Upper Assam will seek the help of the counterparts ... 		The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

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22/04/2011 Timber smuggling ring busted in Sagaing
New Delhi - A smuggling ring of more than 70 people, allegedly illegal traders in timber and forestry ... 		The Irrawaddy

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20/04/2011 Binh Duong timber smuggler jailed
Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced the mastermind of a timber smuggling operation ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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26/03/2011 Cocaine-in-lumber probe reaching dead-end?
Investigations into how a large quantity of China-bound cocaine found its way in a consignment of timber ... 		Demerara Waves

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07/03/2011 Battle on paradise Philippine island
Puerto Princesa, Philippines — For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, ... 		AFP

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03/03/2011 Logging equipment banned in forests
Logging equipment are now banned inside natural and residual forests nationwide, the Department of Environment ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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14/02/2011 Why drugs are destroying the little Amazon
Traffickers will do anything to get their priceless cargo into the US – including razing pristine ... 		The Independent, UK

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12/02/2011 Organised crime hurting Brunei forests
Bandar Seri Begawan - Suspected organised crime is seen to be standing in the way of efforts to stamp ... 		BruDirect, Brunei Darussalam

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07/02/2011 Marines needed for log ban!
Manila, Philippines – The nationwide ban on the cutting of trees is not too late, even if what ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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28/01/2011 Greed and demand doom rainforest
Indonesia's timber mafia is making a killing, thanks to the lack of regulation and the insatiable ... 		Gulf News

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28/01/2011 Gold rush in the Amazon
We sped across the jungle along a narrow manmade path. 'Quick! Hide the camera! If they see this, ... 		The Telegraph, UK

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25/01/2011 ‘Climate of fear’ now prevails over Sierra Madre, says priest
Lucena City – With the seizure of more than P7 million worth of hot logs from Sierra Madre, illegal ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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12/01/2011 Imperilled by the timber mafia
In Borneo’s majestic rain forest, trees are being felled to meet western demand for wood products. ... 		China Dialogue

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09/01/2011 DSI uncovers timber scam tied to Burma
The Department of Special Investigation [Thailand] has impounded 75 million baht worth of smuggled timber ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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27/12/2010 Illegal logging, mining blamed for rise in slays
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14/12/2010 Indian activists risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing ... 		The Ecologist, UK

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10/12/2010 DENR suffers new casualty in anti-illegal logging drive
Manila, Philippines — It’s alarming.

Environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje says the killing ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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24/10/2010 Borneo's majestic rainforest is being killed by the timber mafia
Felling trees to meet British demand for garden furniture is devastating villages, livelihoods and food ... 		Guardian, UK

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23/10/2010 Green crime cost is billions, report says
Pollution, illegal logging and wildlife smuggling are now parts of a multibillion-dollar international ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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31/08/2010 Human failing behind Pakistan floods
Islamabad - Global warming might be one explanation for Pakistan’s devastating floods, but scientists ... 		Toronto Sun, Canada

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29/08/2010 A land left to drown by the ‘timber mafia’
The warnings regularly given by all manner of experts had been ignored for decades.

If Pakistan’s ... 		The Herald, Scotland

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16/08/2010 Forest groups call on Oz to ban illegal timber import
Indonesian environmental activists have called on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to honor an ... 		The Jakarta Post

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05/08/2010 Indonesia 'woefully inadequate' on illegal loggers: probe
Jakarta - Indonesia is allowing powerful businessmen to get rich from smuggling rare timber to China ... 		AFP

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05/08/2010 'Rogue traders' in timber smuggling exposed
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today (August 5, 2010) name two of the kingpins ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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21/07/2010 Australian and Indonesian groups call for illegal timber ban: Government is running out of time to implement its 2007 election promise.
Social justice, environment and international development organisations have echoed an Indonesian call ... 		G Online, Australia

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17/07/2010 Ranchers and drug barons threaten rain forest
El Mirador, Guatemala — Great sweeps of Guatemalan rain forest, once the cradle of one of the world’s ... 		The New York Times

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15/07/2010 The drug destruction of Mexico
Beyond the human carnage of Mexico’s drug conflict, another innocent bystander — the environment ... 		Miller-McCune

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08/07/2010 Top officials busted in Amazon logging raids, but political patronage may set them free
After two years of investigations, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested some of the most important politicians ... 		Mongabay.com

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17/06/2010 International criminal markets have become major centres of power, UNODC report shows
A report released today by UNODC shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the ... 		UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

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03/06/2010 “Deforestation and pollution, high-risk subjects”
On the eve of World Environment Day (5 June) , Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a report ... 		Reporters Without Borders

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16/05/2010 Certified logging no match for Indonesia's timber 'mafia'
Long Hubung, Indonesia — Dayak tribesman Hanye Jaang didn't know it, but he used to be part ... 		AFP

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12/05/2010 Crack-down on forest crimes runs slowly
Jakarta - Although the government has shown a serious will to eradicate illegal logging by forming a ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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28/04/2010 Indonesia chafes at graft 'safe haven' in Singapore
Jakarta - Singapore promotes itself as a model of financial integrity. But, officials in Jakarta say, ... 		mysinchew.com

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21/04/2010 Global Witness welcomes court decision to retry Guus Kouwenhoven on Liberian timber
The Dutch Supreme Court has overturned a 2008 ruling by the Court of Appeal which cleared businessman ... 		The Liberian Journal

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20/04/2010 Lack of transparency hinders fight against logging mafia
A lack of public data on illegal logging cases could prove to be the undoing of the government’s ... 		The Jakarta Post

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07/04/2010 Indonesian leader adds illegal loggers to 'mafia' list
Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday identified illegal logging as another ... 		mysinchew.com

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05/02/2010 Over 70% forests cut when Taliban controlled Malakand
Peshawar - Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (SAFI) has said over 70 percent forests were cut illegally in ... 		The News, Pakistan

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27/01/2010 Cambodia to destroy all 'ecstasy oil' stocks
Phnom Penh - Cambodia is cracking down on a raw ingredient for the club-drug ecstasy by wiping out stocks ... 		Reuters

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24/01/2010 Tribal group backs missing broadcaster’s campaign vs illegal logging
Gingoog City - Tribal chieftain Romeo Ansihagan on Sunday said that majority of his more than 300 members, ... 		GMA.News.tv, Philippines

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21/01/2010 Journalist who criticized illegal logging activities in Mindanao is missing
Iligan City, Philippines – A radio broadcaster who strongly criticized rampant illegal logging ... 		The Mindanao Examiner, Philippines

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11/01/2010 Sierra Leone: Ban on lucrative logging industry
The Sierra Leone forestry guard has warned of impending environmental hazards following the indiscriminate ... 		Afrik.com

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06/01/2010 Indonesia says forest plan can meet emission target
Jakarta - An ambitious Indonesian plan to plant millions of hectares of forest should allow the country ... 		Reuters

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04/01/2010 Madagascar’s political chaos threatens conservation gains
Since the government's collapse after a coup last March, Madagascar's rainforests have been ... 		Environment 360

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04/12/2009 Can REDD keep Indonesia’s forests green?
It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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27/11/2009 Battling Siberia's devastating illegal logging trade
Wagons brimming with logs accumulate in the Siberian railway station of Dalnerechensk, more than 8,000km ... 		BBC News

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23/11/2009 Organised syndicates behind illegal logging - Kurup
Kuala Lumpur - Organised syndicates using sophisticated communication and tontos (lookouts) are behind ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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23/11/2009 Timber mafia poses ecological concerns
KARACHI - The local villagers alleged that the relatives of influential political figures are involved ... 		The Nation, Pakistan

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17/11/2009 Madagascar's lemurs in danger from political turmoil and 'timber mafia'
• Extinction fear as agencies halt aid to Madagascar
• Loggers and poachers reverse conservation ... 		Guardian, UK

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11/11/2009 ‘Kashmir timber smuggling continues in connivance with officials’
Doda - Despite government’s repeated claims to put in place enoght security to control timber cutting ... 		South Asian News Agency

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04/11/2009 House resolution condemns plunder of natural resources in Madagascar
A House of Representatives resolution introduced by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) condemns the illegal plundering ... 		Mongabay.com

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16/10/2009 Indonesian army misses deadline to withdraw business activities
Jakarta - Indonesia's military missed a long-anticipated deadline Friday to withdraw from its many ... 		The Wall Street Journal

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05/10/2009 UN's forest protection scheme at risk from organised crime, experts warn
International police, politicians and conservationists warn that the UN's programme to cut carbon ... 		Guardian, UK

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03/10/2009 Madagascar accused of profiting from illegal timber
Antanavarivo - Madagascar's cash-strapped government has opened the door for criminal syndicates ... 		Reuters

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29/05/2009 Interview - Forest-CO2 scheme will draw organised crime: Interpol
Nusa Dua, Indonesia - Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry ... 		Reuters

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PRESENTATIONS

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18/01/2013 Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building Davyth Stewart, Interpol Environmental Crime Programme

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17/01/2013 Law enforcement assistance for forestry Davyth Stewart, Interpol Environmental Crime Programme

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21/06/2011 Efforts to eradicate the forestry legal mafia in Indonesia Diah Raharjo, Indonesian Working Group on the Legal Mafia in Forestry

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01/02/2011 Following the Money Trail: the Challenges in Illegal Logging Investigations Ajit Joy, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Indonesia

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