Smuggling Virgin Timber Flows From Myanmar To China
Global Witness reports a sharp drop in legal timber imports to China from Myanmar but says smugglers still feed Chinese firms by cutting virgin forests in Kachin state. The group urges Beijing and Naypyidaw to tighten cross border enforcement. despite a 70 percent drop in 2005–2008, illicit routes persist via bribery and false papers.
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China
Myanmar
Global Witness
Britain
Europe
America
Burma
Kachin
Jon Buckrell
Beijing
Malaysia
Russia
Indonesia
Gabon
Watchdog Group
U S sting yields 300 drug cartel arrests
Law enforcement arrested more than 300 people in a nationwide sting targeting the La Familia cartel. The operation spanned 88 cities from Boston to Seattle, with meth and cocaine seizures, weapons recovered, and children removed from homes in Dallas and Seattle areas in a coordinated crackdown.
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U.S
la Familia
America
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Seattle
St. Paul
Cartel
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States
Middle America
Oklahoma
Ruben Garcia
North Carolina
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Greenville
Nashville
Atlanta
Monroe
Wash
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
Dallas
Northwest jet overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles
The Northwest Airlines Airbus A820 en route from San Diego to Minneapolis failed to contact ground control for over an hour and flew 150 miles past Minneapolis before turning back. All aboard were safe, pilots suspended, and NTSB and FAA investigations underway into possible fatigue and cockpit distraction.
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Northwest Airlines
Keith Holloway
National Transportation Safety Board
San Diego
NTSB
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Air National Guard
Washington
Anthony Black
Delta
Northwest
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