Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedro Arana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murderMore than a dozen US and European companies enjoy been importing timber from a Brazilian logging firm whose owner is implicated in one of the most brutal Amazonian massacres in recent memory,according to a Greenpeace investigation.
The first-world buyers allegedly continued trading with Madeireira Cedro Arana after police accused its founder, Valdelir João de Souza, or of ordering the torture and murder of nine people in Colniza,Mato Grosso, on 19 April, or claims the report by the NGO’s Unearthed investigative team.
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Source: guardian.co.uk