OCCRP reveals that Brazil detained 7 suspected members of Illegal Amazon Timber Trade Ring

Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change. Among the seven people detained is a former employee of the Pará Environmental Secretariat (SEMAS), the agency said. Officers also executed nine search and seizure warrants and froze bank accounts…