Over the last two years, the police have tracked down more than 20 illegal logging syndicates, prosecuting 590 suspects.
TAIWAN: Taiwan is known for its beautiful landscape, but the island’s forests, which make up 60 per cent of land, are under threat by illegal loggers.
Driven by the lucrative returns, illegal loggers are prepared to risk heavy penalties to poach wood from these precious trees. He quit illegal logging after he was caught for driving away with a truck load of poached wood. He did not want to be named for fear of reprisal. They would then have to figure out a way to transport the massive amounts of timber from the mountain without being noticed.
“Police would stop and only check pickup trucks, so we thought why not use refrigerator trucks. Therefore, we use refrigerator trucks to transport the poached timber because we know they wouldn't check."
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