Day: June 7, 2020

On 7 June, the Anadolu Agency reported that a Bangladeshi lawmaker has been arrested in Kuwait for his alleged involvement in human trafficking and money laundering.  Mohammad Shahid Islam, widely known as Kazi Papul, is a member of parliament.  It says that, in Bangladesh, corruption proceedings against him, initiated by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh, are already ongoing, and he is accused of making illegal wealth through human trafficking.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/bangladeshi-lawmaker-arrested-in-kuwait-official/1868605

 

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On 8 June, Baker McKenzie reported on a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) temporary final rule in the Public Inspection issue of the Federal Register to establish export restrictions on certain types of personal protective equipment products used in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  It remains in effect for 120 days from its publication, i.e. until 8 August.

https://globalcompliancenews.com/on-7-april-2020-the-federal-emergency-management-agency-filed-a-temporary-final-rule-in-the-public-inspection-issue-of-the-federal-register-to-establish-export-restrictions-on-certain-types-of-person/

 

 

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On 5 June, OCCRP carried an article saying that a recent probe by an international environmental watchdog has found that European companies are importing possibly illegal shipments of teak – a highly valuable wood much sought after for the building of luxury yachts.  At least 6 companies registered in the EU have been exploiting a loophole in timber regulations to bring in wood from Myanmar.  The companies named in the recent report are ABC Net in Slovenia, Crown Holdings in Belgium, HF in Italy, Houthandel Boogaerdt in the Netherlands, Vandecasteele Houtimport in Belgium and WOB Timber in Germany.  It is claimed that, in order to avoid conducting due diligence checks themselves, the report alleges that these companies simply sought out a partner willing to import teak shipments on their behalf through a country (Croatia) where regulatory enforcement is weak.

The UN Environment Program believes that illegal logging accounts for between 15% and 30% of the worldwide trade in timber, rising to between 50% and 90% for wood sourced from tropical countries.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/12491-european-companies-importing-illicit-wood-for-superyachts

The report is at –

https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/EIA-report-The-Croatian-Connection-Exposed-spreads.pdf

 

 

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On 7 June, the BBC published an article about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.  It concentrates on one story – saying that for 10 years, a rogue fishing vessel and its crew plundered the world’s oceans, escaping repeated attempts of capture. Then a dramatic pursuit across the high seas finally netted the one that got away – “Andrey Dolgov” (aka STS-50 or “Sea Breez 1”).  It says that the operation to capture the vessel and its crew was the culmination of months of international cooperation between police and maritime authorities, painstaking detective work and satellite tracking worthy of a spy thriller.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190213-the-dramatic-hunt-for-the-fish-pirates-exploiting-our-seas

 

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