According to the report of Russian satellite news agency on sputniknews, the acting director of the Irkutsk Oblast investigation bureau of the Russian investigation commission, Demitri vastiyanov said that law enforcement agencies had successfully stopped the large-scale timber smuggling from Irkutsk Oblast to China, however, some illegal situations still occur.
Vajyanov said in an interview with satellite news agency: "Now we see this kind of criminal behavior (illegal export of Russian timber) showing a downward trend. First of all, it has been difficult to transport illegally harvested timber into other countries through customs. However, this situation still happens, and we have a reaction to it, but the previous large-scale smuggling has disappeared."
he pointed out that the smuggling destination was mainly China, where Russian timber was in great need.
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in Irkutsk Oblast, an inter-departmental working group was established to investigate tax crimes in the forestry department. Its members include staff of tax, police, federal security agency and Investigation Commission. "I think the efficiency of the working group is extremely high," said vastiyanov."
russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a conference on the development of the forestry sector and the fight against crime at the end of September. The instructions put forward by the head of state at the meeting include: from January 1, 2022, the export of rough or unprocessed coniferous and precious tree species will be completely prohibited, stimulating the consumption of forestry products by Russian economy.
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