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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Global Plywood and Lumber Trading LLC
Penalty: $205,000
Year: 2021
Date: September 3, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Global Plywood and Lumber Trading LLC pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to violating the Lacey Act. The corporation admitted that it failed to exercise due care when it imported illegally-sourced timber from the Peruvian Amazon into the United States. The court sentenced Global Plywood to pay $200,000 in restitution to the Ministry of Environment of Peru and a $5,000 fine.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.