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Exotic Tropic Timber Enterprises

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1998

    Reported timber-for-arms dealings with Charles Taylor

    ETTE was reported to have supplied arms to Charles Taylor for Operation No Living Thing in return for a timber-harvesting concession, in addition to cash payments made directly to Taylor.

  2. United Nations Security Council listing

    The UN Security Council identified ETTE as one of three timber companies involved in supplying arms to Charles Taylor, placing the company within international scrutiny of Liberia's conflict-related resource trade.