Brazil's environment minister faces timber smuggling probe

By Agence France-Presse

May 21, 2021 1:15 am

SÃO PAULO: Brazil's Supreme Court ordered an investigation of Environment Minister Ricardo Salles as police raided ministry offices on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), targeting a timber trafficking scheme allegedly involving him and other top officials in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

The ruling by Justice Alexandre de Moraes said federal police had evidence that Salles and other environmental officials were involved in an 'extremely serious scheme to facilitate the trafficking of rainforest products.'

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