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The Trees that Bleed

Umaru Fofana investigates trade in trafficked rosewood worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Rosewood is one of the most trafficked wild commodities on earth. When it's cut it bleeds a blood-red sap. Having exhausted stocks elsewhere, Chinese traders have turned to west Africa.

We are in Senegal where it's illegal to fell or export a rosewood tree. And yet, we can reveal they are being logged and smuggled at an alarming rate - from Senegalese forests through to the port of neighbouring Gambia and all the way onto China. Umaru Fofana investigates trade in trafficked rosewood worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Apr 2020 01:30GMT

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