Africa Forest Reports

Forest Crime File: Danzer Group (Revised 2nd Edition)

November 01, 2004

REVISED & UPDATED JANUARY 2005 In June 2004, Greenpeace published an initial report outlining how the Swiss based Danzer Group had been knowingly financing illegal logging in Africa. The Danzer Group quickly responded, but their response failed to address key allegations including their admission in documents obtained by Greenpeace that showed they had a policy of paying off government officials. Greenpeace has now obtained additional evidence of further unscrupulous behaviour including suspected forgery and carrying out business dealings with an arms trafficker who is blacklisted by the UN Security Council.