This link was published on 7 October 2014

Four Queensland timber company employees have been fined and sentenced to jail for illegally exporting timber

The reputation of Australia's $2 billion timber export industry is in question after four Queensland workers were fined and sentenced to jail for illegally exporting timber. Three directors and an employee of a wholesale timber and flooring company in Brisbane pleaded guilty to falsifying Commonwealth documents to send timber to a number of countries between 2006 and 2009.

  • ABC News, Australia
  • illegal trade
  • Fraud