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Re: Chinese 'rosewood smuggler' held in Ghana
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Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
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 Hmmmmmm.........     On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 4:38:12 AM PDT, Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  
 
 

How o you smuggle four shipping containers of anything out of a country.  Things that make you go HMMMMMM.  


May 8, 2019
Favour Nunoo  BBC Pidgin, Accra


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Rosewood is popular for making luxury furniture and extracting the fragrant oil  

A Chinese woman has been arrested in Ghana for allegedly attempting to smuggle four containers of rosewood out of the country.

Police intercepted two trucks loaded with containers of rosewood in Northern Region's capital, Tamale, which the suspect was allegedly transporting to Tema port for export.

Northern Regional police officer Otuo Acheampong, says she failed to produce documents to prove she was operating legally.

In March, Ghana’s Lands and Natural Resources Ministry directed the Forestry Commission to ban the harvesting, transportation and export of rosewood in the country.

Civil society and interest groups have intensified their campaign for the government to prosecute Chinese nationals operating illegally in the country after Chinese-led illegal mining left most of Ghana’s water bodies polluted.

Last month, the Chinese government, through its ambassador in Ghana, said it was ready to collaborate with the government Ghana to fight illegal operations by Chinese nationals.

It blamed the growth of illegal Chinese operations partly on local people who partner with them.

Read: Can Chinese migrants integrate in Africa?





-- 
Ann Marie
"The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."  -- Mardy Grothe
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