An investigation denounces illegal traffic of French wood to China

Oak wood from public forests are allegedly illegally exported to China. The online media Disclose investigated for several months the illegal trafficking of wood from French forests, and in particular  from the Ardennes, to China. The two journalists who sign these articles were able to interview the owner of a sawmill in the Ardennes. “I have here the equivalent of ten containers of oak trees, or 250 m³, he explains anonymously to our colleagues. If I transform them on site, that means a loss of 40,000 euros for the company. If they go to China, that's a ...