Thursday, October 18, 2007
Extraction of illegal jacaranda
The federal police is operating in six states of the Southeast and Northeast, and
The federal district-against illegal extraction of jacaranda.
A gang contrabandeava to the United States and Canada
Musical instruments made with the noble wood.
A guitar, for example, could be sold abroad for $ 800,
Approximately $ 1600.00.
The federal police accused the group of having toppled trees in the extinction
Brazil. The man appointed as head of the gang was arrested in a
Building, in the region south of the capital. Rodrigo Moreira is luthier, a specialist
The manufacture of musical instruments.
In a page on the Internet, he offered guitars, guitars and accessories.
Sorry, the story is in English but it should be out on some site in
English by now if someone wants to look for it.
Here is another story in another Brazilian paper about it.
They called it Operation wooodstock and it envolved numerous Brazilian
Agencies as well as the US Fish and Game agency. Many corrupt agencies
In Brazil faciltated the illegal actions and a bunch of folks are going down
It sounds like.
OPERATION WOOD SOTCK REPRIME EXTRACTION OF WOOD NOBRE
BELO HORIZONTE / MG - The Federal Police began today, 18, the transaction
Wood Stock, in order to dismantle a criminal organization
That served in the extraction and export of fine woods, especially the
Jacaranda-to-Bahia, which is used for the manufacture of instruments
Musical.
The transaction, which has the support of the Military Police of Minas Gerais and
State Institute of Forestry, occurs in the states of Minas Gerais,
Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Piaui and in the Federal District.
The action has the full 350 federal police and 50 police
Troops of the state of Minas Gerais, which meet about 20
Warrants of arrest warrants and 67 search and seizure.
The investigations, which began 05 months ago, showed that wood
It was extracted mainly in the south of Bahia and sent in
Fraudulent to the Holy Spirit and Minas Gerais for processing and
Export. The cutting of timber was done without legal documentation and its
Transport for other locations was conducted with the use of
Documents that acobertavam only part of the load, and with value
Underestimated. The group also used fiscal notes "cold" for
"Hot" the wood, hindering the action of supervision. The main
Focus of predatory activity located on the Atlantic forest, and that
Most activity was concentrated in the south of Bahia and north of the Holy Spirit.
The police identified that in the past four years were exported
At least 13 tons of the product. The research was developed
With the help of international cooperation in the United States through
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American agency of the repression
Environmental crimes, which came to monitor the shipments of wood
For that country.
The involvement of public servants in the scheme was fraudulent
Decisive. They communicated previously on the timber
Surveillance and police beats, which facilitated the concealment of illicit. There
Cases in which public officials used their influence to release
Loads of irregular.
The wood Jacaranda-to-Bahia is classified as IBAMA kind of
Brazilian flora threatened with extinction, and their operations must be in
According to what determines the National Council on the Environment -
CONAMA. How have not yet been established technical criteria that
Ensure sustainable management of this species, their farm is
Prohibited.
It will be granted collective interview at the headquarters of the federal police in Belo
Horizonte to 15h.
By Media of PF in Belo Horizonte / MG
(31) 3330-5270
(61) 9119-6634
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