Interpol seizes $262m of illegal timber in W.Africa, Burkina Faso praised for cooperation

Interpol has announced that it had seized protected and valuable timber species from nine West Africa countries worth more than $262 million. The timber was seized during the “Operation Log” in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo. The operation was carried out in West Africa, Central and South America […]