On 23 May, ICIJ reported that the interagency group will coordinate with other governments to combat trafficking in wood linked to environmental crimes and human rights abuses. It will identify, investigate and prosecute illegal trafficking in timber linked to environmental and other crimes. TIMBER (Timber Interdiction Membership Board and Enforcement Resource), brings together several government departments — Justice, Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security — and the US Council on Transnational Organized Crime’s Strategic Division.
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