Timber industry advocates are calling for extra scrutiny after a quarter of products tested in a verification trial were found to be “potentially misleading”. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry acting director Madeleine Osborn said illegal logging was “one of the most profitable trans-border environmental crimes in the world”, with devastating impacts on climate, nature and people. “Between 15 and 30 per cent of all timber traded globally is potentially illegally logged, and 10 per cent potentially in the Australian market that’s illegally sourced,” she said. Under new laws, government officials can test some imported timber products to check species and country of origin. …A trial, which ended in June, tested more than 140 products and 39 distinct species. …Ms Osborn said about 25 per cent of products tested had inaccurate species and origin claims. …”The information that [importers] are being provided by their overseas suppliers is potentially misleading.”