The trade is fueled by bribery of border officials, making illegal logging the fourth most lucrative illegal environmental trade in the world. “Mombasa is a major transit point for the illegal timber. “Legal timber is mixed with illegal ones, making it hard for law enforcers to distinguish them,” he said. Interpol monitors such trade in other parts of the globe, including the Amazon, Central Africa, Equatorial Africa and South East Asia. Updated Sat, May 28th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Kenya is a major conduit for illegal logging and timber from the Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of Southern Africa, the International Police (Interpol) have said.

Source: Standard Digital May 27, 2016 15:30 UTC