Indonesia Officials Revisit Illegal Logging Case

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission is reopening a cold case involving companies that allegedly robbed the country of $115 billion through illegal logging operations, according to the Jakarta Globe. The commission is re-opening the case in light of a recent exposé by the newspaper that detailed how 14 companies conducted clandestine logging operations in old-growth forests by way of illegal permits. Provincial police in Riau had begun investigating the companies in January 2007, but the investigation was halted in June 2008 after the lead investigator was transferred to Central Java.