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Beef firm at centre of corruption scandal channelled $1.7bn through tax havens
29.08.2018 The biggest companies involved in trading commodities driving deforestation in Brazil are channeling money through tax havens and inflating profits
Major ag traders fined for buying grain from illegally deforested land in Cerrado
24.07.2018 Cargill and Bunge, along with other traders and farmers fined $29m by Brazilian authorities for buying grain from illegally deforested areas in the Cerrado
Are US investors aware of the legal risks of forest crimes?
12.07.2018 Climate Advisers examine the potential for investors in the US to be prosecuted for forest crimes that took place in other jurisdictions
Brazil Supreme Court ruling upholds amnesty to illegal deforesters as cash from bad ag flushes into the coffers of congressmen
28.03.2018 STF permits several controversial revisions to the Forest Code that will greenwash illegal deforestation
Communities denounce violence and human rights violations in the Brazilian Cerrado
28.03.2018 Civil society organisations issue statement denouncing the “alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities
Nearly 60,000 ha of forests Illegally cleared in northern Argentina last year
12.02.2018 A new report released by Greenpeace has revealed that nearly half of the deforestation that took place in northern Argentina last year was illegal
Greenpeace alleges political collusion behind illegal deforestation for soy in Argentina
23.01.2018 Alejandro Jaime Braun Peña, a politically-connected businessman, accused of illegally clearing native forest in the province of Salta
Agribusiness responsible for bulk of offshore companies set up by Bolivian firms, Panama Papers investigation finds
20.11.2017 Panama Papers investigation reveals Bolivian agribusiness sector, long plagued by illegalities, has made extensive use of offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes
Illegal deforestation drives dramatic rise in Brazilian emissions, eclipsing effects of recession
31.10.2017 Illegal deforestation drove the biggest increase in Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions for 13 years in 2016, despite a severe recession leading to lower emissions from nearly every sector
