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    Illegal loggers armed with swords seize confiscated timber

    Forestry officials were forced by a group of men wielding swords and clubs to return confiscated timber.

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    Cronies leave Burma ‘no longer resource rich in timber’

    Burma is facing complete forest degradation unless it can clean up the crony economy.

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    DVB Debate: 'How troubled is Burma's relationship with China?'

    This week’s DVB Debate comes at a time when Sino-Burmese relations are under the microscope.

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    Black market banking brings billions from China

    As the illegal trade in jade, timber and drugs along the Sino-Burmese border appears unstoppable, black market banks have become a major channel for laundering criminal assets.

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    Will Burma's timber ban curb or entrench corruption?

    While the raw timber export ban is a step towards avoiding a regrettable transformation in one of Burma’s major industries, it may only work in tandem with more reforms that tackle the country’s deep-seated corruption.

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    Timber ban, effective in April, leads to wood export rush

    Raw timber export is estimated to rise by 33 percent this year, in the lead-up to a nationwide ban on the commodity, according to the Myanmar Timber Merchants Association.

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