U.S. Corporation Sentenced for Importing Illegal Amazonian Wood from Peru

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Friday, September 10, 2021

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

37

Issue:

9

Abstract:

On September 3, 2021, Global Plywood and Lumber Trading LLC (Global Plywood) received a sentence for importing illegally-sourced timber from the Peruvian Amazon into the United States in violation of the Lacey Act.[1]

[1] U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Corporation Sentenced for Importing Illegally-Sourced Wood from the Amazon, Press Rel. No. 21-836, Sept. 3, 2021.