The World Bank estimated in a March 2012 report that illegal logging generates up to $15 Billion a year for criminal gangs involved in the activity.
Illegal logging destroys forest land that size of a football field every 2 seconds around the world, according to the World Bank.
Source: Deborah Zabarenko, “Follow the money to catch illegal loggers: World Bank,” Reuters, March 20, 2012.
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