Illegal timber and Drug Trafficking are closely linked in northeastern Honduras, a major cocaine corridor in this region. According to investigations from InSight Crime, criminal groups in the region have combined these two businesses to maximise their illicit profits. Here, there are significant forests of pine, mahogany, and cedar, many species of which are highly in demand on the international market and heavily endangered. Environmental agencies in Honduras have warned that 50-60% of the timber trade comes from illegal logging, much of it from the country’s northeastern natural reserves. According to the investigation, at least three large Drug Trafficking groups in this region engage in illegal logging. The criminal groups support poor farmers to harvest wood illegally, often with protection from corrupt officials. It is then combined with legal shipments, mostly at the sawmills, either by falsifying logging permits or bribing police responsible for monitoring timber transport. Precious woods, such as mahogany and cedar, travel from Gracias a Dios to processing hubs such as La Ceiba – the same routes that drug shipments often travel along.