This link was published on 8 May 2017

Corporate criminals and the need for strong protections against illegal logging

Officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the corporate headquarters of Lumber Liquidators, the top-selling flooring retailer in America, in Toano, Virginia. ICE agents were investigating whether the company had imported illegally logged wood products from eastern Russia. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has published a sobering report which gives details that Lumber Liquidators has allegedly purchased millions of square feet of illegally logged hardwoods in the Russian Far East.

  • Huffington Post
  • North America
  • Russia & Central Asia
  • Illegal logging
  • Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
  • US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)