Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/01
By: Hsiao Po-yang and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Aug. 1 (CNA) An illegal logging ring in Taiwan was cracked recently after investigators followed the trail of a bank transaction slip found in a trash bag in a forest area between Nantou and Chiayi counties, police said Wednesday.
The trash bag was searched because it was an unusual find in the sparsely populated mountain area, said Chang Yu-chi (張育祺), a squad leader in the Seventh Special Police Corps that had been patrolling the area with workers from the Nantou Forest District Office when the bag was found.
The bank transfer slip was traced to a Vietnamese migrant worker who had been unaccounted for, Chang said, adding that further investigation led to a suspect who was known to hire illegal workers. [FULL STORY]