Illegal logging in Europe

I HAVE recently written about the impact of illegal logging and now the BBC highlights the problems that exist in Bosnia.

The article covers how EU peacekeeping forces are being used to stop the trade which sees much of the wood reach western Europe via Serbia and Italy.

EU peacekeepers (Eufor) have decided to act.
Helicopters with advance surveillance equipment are being used to track the illegal loggers. Random road checkpoints have been set up across the country to intercept wood lorries. Their loads are examined and papers checked.

And the peacekeepers hope that if they tackle this problem it will lead them to war criminals, many of whom are protected by gang leaders.