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The Trees that Bleed
For Our World, 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 been logged and smuggled at an alarming rate - from Senegalese forests, through to the port of neighbouring Gambia and all the way onto China. For Our World, Umaru Fofana investigates trade in trafficked rosewood worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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