Deal #4995

"llegal shipments of Wengé logs from the Congolese firm Bakri Bois Corporation (BBC) destined for two German operators were confiscated in November 2013 after German authorities established that official documents from Congo’s Environment Ministry had been forged. The wood had been unloaded in April at Antwerp port on behalf of the Swiss-based company Bois d’Afrique Mondiale S.A.. Alarmingly, BAM has yet to be held accountable for these actions and other batches of illegal BBC wood in the Czech Republic, Italy and in Antwerp port have not been confiscate".