Romania’s deadly 'Timber Mafia' | Unreported World

[@nykz2358]

These forests are way too beautiful to be cut down ffs

[@cristianblaj181]

this is happening for almost 20 years now.....its not from yesterday

[@rndmprsn3532]

​@@cristianblaj181 So? Do what you can today!

[@cristianblaj181]

@@rndmprsn3532 i am not there at the moment so i cannot control it!

[@DrawThatFox-rq5sx]

EU buys those trees then sues Romania, genius business move.

[@guldennlg9897]

it goed to austria

[@streamingnowstreamingnow2568]

Fun fact: Wood, Timber and Lumber are more Rare than Diamonds in like a Solar System sense.

[@mirelaxo]

This has been going on for years. I’m glad it’s getting international attention.

[@YagrumBagarn]

Austrian companies are spearheading deforestation in Romania.

[@1st-1ast]

I heard it's the same for Great Britain, Canada is deforesting itself to sell timber that ends up being wood pellet fuel for British power plants

[@Alex-m6k9i]

+Ikea

[@Intelligence_Failure]

there ought to be regulations to ban clear-cutting primary forests and restrict logging to a percentage of trees per species per area, to protect trees above defined trunk diameters (because the oldest trees are the least replaceable), and to protect hollow trees down to much smaller diameters, because hollow trunks are simultaneously more valuable for biodiversity and much less valuable for timber - in most cases, the wood is rotten, discoloured or insect-damaged far beyond the cavities, making a much smaller portion of the trunk volume actually marketable as lumber. you can make firewood from 15 year old plantation trees, don't make it from 300 year old giants!

[@filip000]

Same exact thing is happening in Croatia, which is supposed to be a more advanced country than Romania, but it's probably even worse.

[@corneliuscornia3189]

Normally it is,just some countries pretend to be better and hide it better.

[@GabiDoros-d9i]

Croatia will never be like Romania, Romania is far too developed

[@agentgreenromania]

Yes, we just documented the massive amounts of wood leaving Croatia to China from the port of Rasa, Trget in Istria. It is so sad

[@touchofgrey5372]

One of the main companies involved is Schweighofer Holzindustrie, which has been accused of being the “biggest receiver of illegal timber” and having “lied about the source of its products for more than ten years.” The company has been involved in a number of controversies, including allegations of illegal logging, tax fraud, and unfair commercial practices. An Austrian company!

[@spamstabber]

And this is where a lot of IKEA furniture comes from :)

[@Kenabukanyo]

This is happening because of the deals in the Treaty of Adherence to the EU in 2007. We had to contribute with resources and this was our most abundant. It was detrimental to us and in time, others caught wind of the business and became corrupted by greed and later, power.

[@tclanjtopsom4846]

Stop the corruption in your country.

[@akzester]

This kind of thing also happens in Borneo Island where the logging tycoons forcing forest natives to cut down the trees of virgin forests, leaving many endangered orangutans homeless and vulnerable to human threats. Not helping the case is that the officials in Sarawak funded these tycoons to launder money to offshore shell companies in tax havens outside of Malaysia.

[@janeclayton151]

yes it is a travesty! Greed, corruption and evil.

[@perrycheong1058]

Many of the Sarawak and Sabah timber companies also have logging operations in other countries, in Central and West Africa, Kalimantan Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, other smaller Pacific island nations, Tasmania Australia, New Zealand, and even South America.

[@Sir-Mix]

Greed is on both sides , seller and buyer. And this is happening all over the world

[@asha8443]

Shame on the Romanian government 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@thecavemen6707]

bro this is the tip of the iceberg, go there and talk to an officer, he might just have you arrested if you question their ways.

[@thomas-hy4bt]

if government employees are getting away with corruption what chance does the country have, im 38 years old and i have seen a change in human behavior in the last few decades, people are definitely getting more selfish and greedy

[@janedooher1436]

Ikea are buying these trees in chipboard form and adding a plastic veneer

[@Fairylemons24]

Didn't know this was a thing. Makes my blood boil. I will pray for those who continue to fight the good fight. What else can be done to protect these forests?

[@fl0rinescu]

it's been going on for so long..

[@dorin6027]

"and believe me, it's not easy to follow the law in romania" lmfao

[@Tornciti]

Crazy amount of top down government control when every piece of tree must be trackable. While it is also a shame that some people are willing to destroy everything for money.

[@robertkaruga7088]

other european countries had forests too but no one was there to film whilts the cutting was going on

[@arhadrian]

We have to thank to Austria for this.

[@DomnulSarb]

You'd blame your own people if you were honest and realistic.

[@crepooscul]

Austria didn't forcefully invade Romania with their opportunistic companies. They were invited by your traitorous countrymen.

[@gogudelagaze1585]

@@DomnulSarb No, it's always the foreigners, we'll never sell our country! Meanwhile:

[@mikemonard5418]

they are everywhere..still cutting down like crazy

[@Eelybrecstendt]

Kudos to the environmentalists.

[@sqrd3536]

Boycotting and trade embargoes will solve the problem. Obviously, these people have a willing and ready market that is also to blame for the deforestation.

[@royschmidt675]

Thank you for letting the world know. I send thoughts and feelings of Love and divine protection. ❤️🌸🙏

[@STRVNGE-GAME]

the guy at the finish is a mafia guy from PSD

[@davet9900]

people are chopping down trees to be used for wood work, but the are not paying the forestry racket, unlike so many countries

[@Albebacck]

Austria ❤❤❤ Romania’s best friend

[@EastBorders]

Only option is to STOPPED THE TIMBER EXPORTS on any form

[@DR3ADER1]

Not going to happen. Ever.

[@conandabarbarian]

Beautifully done documentary. To the reporter please do another one if possible if it is safe for you. I say this from the safety of my home from overseas but this is tragic I am a friend to trees and see severe deforestation every day at the city I live in it looks like a desert now

[@rjcs2000]

It seems that free renewable energy is not what the EU wants. Free being the objection.

[@narciscezarvelcea498]

He dosent cause he is one of them,and even if he belived that the laws should be respected he would be fired because corruption is so spread everywhere it will take at least another generation for things to change, thats why i chosed to leave the country 17 years ago😢,i know some will judge me buy i wanted to live in a normal country

[@Red-Robin4]

@user-vali40SVM-Val. THEN STOP CHOPPING DOWN YOUR OLD GROWTH FORESTS FOR GREED!!

[@Jamiek0115]

i love that guy trying to stop them I would actually lik to do something like that good guy

[@angelaspecialfox_ro289]

They don't even replant sapplings in their place, they just leave large naked patches in forests; Because of that, instead of trees we got shrubs to grow in place, and that isn't helping.

[@WadeKratzmann]

The most amount of logging now but ots the time in the modern world no country do any logging for 5 years

[@gabrielamari-fh6qj]

Watch some Recorder videos if you guys want to see more about this. It's an epidemic.

[@mikemonard5418]

Austria buys most of it

[@chadchaddingtonflexington8415]

Poor trees :(

[@zizzyballuba4373]

west europe cut all its trees and build its economy on them but romania can't do the same?

[@DrawThatFox-rq5sx]

Well western companies buy raw wood material, so Romania isnt really building processing industry so there is no economy build up. Its more economical to preserve the old forest and profit from tourism.

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

They cant fkr everyones sake once the last trre has been cut the last fish cought and the final river poisoned we will learn we can not eat money

[@veteranscannabisadvocacygr5401]

✨🌎 🇺🇸 Exceptional Reporting with Honesty, Integrity & Courage on behalf of All Children & Creatures EarthWise 🌎Blessings 🤙

[@christopherhinton6456]

because they are all taking a backhander.

[@WadeKratzmann]

They make a huge amount of money with all different trees why change to mono they crazy

[@bllco4685]

thanks for exposing to the world , STOP TIMBER MAFIA

[@stevenwest000]

As much as I keep saying it and will continue to do so, THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD!!! What a beautiful wildness it is - WAS!

[@gentlemenking2973]

Recently I bought some furniture from IKEA manufactured in Romania 🇷🇴 . Now Hoping that it is made under controlled government regulations and Ethically 😮😮😮😮😮 ???

[@janeclayton151]

we must all contact Ikea and complain, they are part of the problem and must be exposed.

[@Alex-m6k9i]

DW News made a documentary called "The dark side of IKEA in Romania" ...maybe it's just a coincidence 🤭

[@agentgreenromania]

IKEA is a key driver of forest destruction in ROmania and the masters of greenwashing, They bought old growth forests in ROmania and are logging them www.agentgreen.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AG_BMF_report_IKEA_web_EN.pdf

[@WadeKratzmann]

Heaps of old from Russia also going into China they make products that can't last long enough because they nail together nothing sealing the timeber or treating it so it lasts they don't.

[@ragnarandersson2866]

Romania full off crimnals...

[@CosmicJetter]

Did the bespectacled technocrat just say its not easy to follow the law in Romania?😢

[@GAZMofBI74]

"Love of power fueled by greed and by personal ambition was the cause of all these evils!". Thucydides.🌍🤑☠️👁😎👍🏻

[@EternalEnemy]

Thank you Austria.

[@wot1fan885]

Isnt Romina really poor ?? If yes then figure out another way for them to make legal money and then fight the illegal stuff.

[@keikairin2038]

This is going on all over the world. WE thought it was India. Who did you guys catch? Just locals in the government? Nobody knows who they are selling TO?

[@EL300B]

Guess I'm missing something here,are they talking timber theft from the owner of the timber or what?I kind of got the impression they were shook up about the trees being cut?I know here in the US trees grow back,do they not grow back in romania?And why is it the business of foreigners?

[@novaseeker]

The trees being illegally cut are on National Park land, which is supposed to be protected. On top of that, the trees being cut are hundreds of years old, when are they going to grow back while we're in the worst climate crisis since we've started recording history? After everyone on the planet is dead? You're talking about the owner. The whole population of Romania is the owner. It's state owned. People that work for the state are stealing it and protecting each other.

[@IvanValerioCortesi]

It's so sad European Union spending so much money for Ukraine non EU country and not helping his own people their Romania Italy Spain Greece and others...

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Once the last stream is cut tge last fish cought and tge last stream poisoned people will realise we can not eat money

[@emmbete1699]

same in Poland but we ,Poles R also cuttin whole woods by round Polnad in every of ours neighbour,apart of sovieckieblacie,but.. who knows 🤔

[@Abbezzorcax]

Stop logging forest... Omg... U mafia or not i dont care.. Stop doing stupid thing..

[@Chip_in]

What else will Romania do ⛳

[@Huzarsky]

😳😳😳

[@ulerichwilliam17]

🚫⛔

[@STRVNGE-GAME]

mafia PSD its the romainian MAFIA

[@shaman2762]

its in rumanian blood-take everything,legal or not,you need it or not-just take take take😬😬🙄🙄

[@WadeKratzmann]

Fur pine is being shipped to China for bee products

[@charleshozz]

Ikea Mafia

[@mustamuri]

✨🌲🌴🌳✨ 👶❤️

[@Sawdust-f4p]

Trees 🌲 bring us life?

[@Queensfinest2023]

Andrew tates gang 😂

[@anonymousanon5390]

They took his courses and now they are making 6 figures and dating high value woman, all just by chopping wood.

[@mncekhenisa1446]

The rich countries in Europe have cut down their forest now they are bullying Romania got it timber. Romania must do what is best for Romania.

[@AssertLiberty]

This can be halted in a few months with will power and muscle

[@twojpan9774]

😂