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Environmental Investigation Agency (Washington, DC)

Cashing-in on Chaos: How Traffickers, Corrupt Officials, and Shipping Lines in the Gambia Have Profited from Senegal’s Conflict Timber

Author:
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA-US)
Publisher:
Environmental Investigation Agency
Publication Date:
3 June 2020
Tags:
Gambia, Senegal, Corruption, Environment, NGOs and Civil Society

This new report, which focuses on Senegal and The Gambia, presents yet another case of rosewood-related crimes. It shows how the current rosewood crisis weakens countries' rule of law, fuels ethnic rivalries and armed conflict, and triggers diplomatic tensions between neighboring countries. Through evidence collected from undercover investigations and analysis of international trade data, the report illustrates the threats that criminal timber networks and their enablers are posing to governance and stability in Africa.

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