Logging of Siamese rosewood – one of the world’s most valuable tree species – has been banned in Cambodia since 2013. However, ongoing demand from Vietnam and China has continued to devastate rosewood stocks. In 2017, Cambodia complained to the UN about rosewood smuggling from Cambodia to Vietnam, alleging that Vietnam had continued to allow the entry of rosewood into the country, despite knowing that the CITES permits that accompany the shipments are illegal and fraudulent. The rare wood is then laundered through a quota system in Vietnam, which ultimately gives it lawful status and allows it to be sold on to further markets. A previous report from the Environmental Investigation Agency also revealed the complicity of Vietnamese officials, companies, and private individuals in smuggling illegally logged timber from protected areas of Cambodia into Vietnam.