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Panama, established under the UNODC-WCO<br />
Container Control Programme stopped five containers<br />
with rosewood before their export to China and Hong<br />
Kong (China). In Iquitios, Peru, Customs officers<br />
intercepted several vessels loaded with protected and<br />
regulated timber.<br />
Precious wood is not only smuggled in large quantities<br />
using trucks, containers and vessels but also in air<br />
cargo, express courier and air passenger luggage. In<br />
July <strong>2013</strong>, 725 kg of red sandalwood were seized at<br />
the airport in New Delhi, India, from 29 passengers.<br />
The timber was recovered in the form of small cut logs<br />
from their luggage by Customs. This group of passengers<br />
was about to board a flight to China. In the<br />
same month 11 passengers carrying 308 kg of red<br />
sandalwood in their luggage were intercepted by<br />
Customs at Mumbai Airport. Hong Kong Customs reported<br />
several seizures of red sandalwood from passengers<br />
arriving on flights from India. Officers from the<br />
United Kingdom Border Force at London Heathrow<br />
Airport identified and intercepted several consignments<br />
with red sandalwood arriving from India. The<br />
weight of the shipments ranged between 20 kg and<br />
nearly two tonnes. In most cases smugglers relied on<br />
misdeclaration of goods. In two cases the logs were<br />
concealed in the middle of rolled up carpets. The consignments<br />
were destined respectively to Greece, Hong<br />
Kong (China), and Portugal and the United Kingdom.<br />
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