... the criminal liability of illegal logging. No maer how dicult it might be, the criminal justice system needs to be reha-bilitated and incorporated into any strategy to combat illegal logging. ... launderinglaws.Whenbrought to trial,theprosecutionsoughtonlyathree-yearjailsentenceandaneofUS$5,400.Renouwwasacquitted.Thejudgesblamedmissingtestimonyfromawitness,thoughsomelegalexpertsclaimedthattherewassufcientevidence for aconvictionwithoutthetestimony.Theprosecution’sappealagainsttheverdictwasthendeniedbecauseitwaslate.aIfthe criminal justice systemhadfunctionedproperlyinthiscase,allofRenouw’sac-countsandassetswouldhavebeenexamined to determinewhethertheyweretheproceedsofcrime—thatis,propertyobtainedthroughthecommissionof illegal logging. Iftheywerefound to beso,theassetswouldthenhavebeenconscated,andtheprosecutionmayhaveidentiedadditionaltransactionsorevidencethatwouldhaveresultedinaconvictionandamoresignicantjailterm.a.EnvironmentalInvestigationAgencyandTelepak2007,p.9.WORLD BANK STUDY Justice for Forests Improving Criminal Justice Eorts to Combat Illegal Logging Marilyne Pereira GoncalvesMelissa PanjerTheodore ... 10.1596/978-0-8213-8978-2Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Justice for forests : improving criminal justice eorts to combat illegal logging / Marilyne Pereira Goncalves [et al.]. p. cm. (World...