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16 février à 09:29 | I MATORIANDRO (#6033)

« T@ andro nitondran’i domelina no tena nanmpirongatra ty resaka br ty ![...] »

Efa hatramin’ny andron’ny fitondran’Ingahy Ravalomanana no nosokafana ho an’ny SINOA ny lalana ahazoany MAMATSY VOLA ny fanaovana jirika ny « bois de rose »

“The rosewood chronicles”
http://www.illegal-logging.info/sites/default/files/uploads/esmchronicals201108.pdf

“ 23 September 2009
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2/ “Survey on the FINANCING of the rosewood traffic :
a few weeks before, traders lacked cash following the blocking of 170 containers at the port of Vohemar. However, they continued to be very active in the Masoala and Makira. HOW DID THEY FUND THIS ACTIVITY ?

Three sources were identified :

a- the NEW CHINESE OF MADAGASCAR.

Before 2009, the PRIME MINISTER (PM) of RAVALOMANANA (général Charles Rabemananjara) had a LUCRATIVE TRADE : he SOLD NATIONAL PASSPORTS TO CHINESE MIGRANTS (5,000,000 Ariary each passport). At that time the CHINESE ARRIVED EN MASSE in the capital city (about 20,000 people located around Behoririka). These migrants do not speak a word of Malagasy, they came from remote areas of China, and SIX MONTHS LATER, THEY WERE MALAGASY CITIZENS ! AFTER A FEW WEEKS, THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY LAND IN THE CITY (legal for nationals) and to open businesses. This active community imports goods from China, selling them in Antananarivo, but THE MONEY DOES NOT RETURN TO CHINA. Instead, it is deposited into a “BLACK BANK” : it is LENT to CHINESE BUSINESS PEOPLE (BUYERS OF ROSEWOOD in this case) who need CASH IN MADAGASCAR. In return, these same business people in China payed the Behoririka traders. And so, THEY HAVE IN MADAGASCAR ACCESS OF MONEY TO PREPAY ROSEWOOD SHIPMENTS.