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>It can’t be hard to get a labourer on site with a cellphone or even just a tracker no? And then do what with it? I live in an EU country where illegal timber
by Rinzler89 3y ago
>It can’t be hard to get a labourer on site with a cellphone or even just a tracker no?
And then do what with it? I live in an EU country where illegal timber exploitation is rife, and there's not much a lone person with a drone can do.
A lot of these areas are relatively remote and the underfunded police and rangers are usually quite far away and slow to show up, even when they're not paid by the timber mafia to look the other way. And by the time authorities do show up, the mobsters have been most likely tipped off and cleared the area.
And if you're an average joe trying to directly interfere you're putting your life in danger since you're standing in the way of a multi million euro industry and there's camera footage of volunteer forest watchers being assaulted by timer mobsters on quad bikes wearing balaklavas.
If this is happening in the EU I can't imagine what it's like in other places.
- mrcartmeneses 3y agoYou’re just not thinking like a Brazilian death squad
- Rinzler89 3y agoNo idea what that is. Care to detail?
- wavefunction 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squad#Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squad#Brazil You're gonna have to read it for yourself though
- lobocinza 3y agoDeath squads were vigilante self-organizing groups of cops and sometimes their friends which would beat and murder "bad people". I don't think they exist in significant numbers today but in the past those groups existed in the open.
- mistrial9 3y agoKosovo ?