‘No evidence’ that EU's illegal timber policy is working

Leaked review shows that EU law is failing to prevent $100bn a year trade in illegal timber - or that rules are even being implemented

There is "no solid evidence" that an EU law has done anything to prevent the illegal timber trade or even that it has been implemented, according to a draft commission review seen by the Guardian.

Nine EU countries have still not imposed penalties or taken action against timber traffickers and six others have yet to carry out checks on importers as required by the EU's timber regulation.