AMAZON: “Globally, nature crimes are estimated to generate proceeds within the tons of of billions of {dollars} yearly and sometimes entail misusing and abusing the U.S. monetary system,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated this weekend, including that such trafficking is upsetting the ecological steadiness of the Amazon rainforest, the livelihoods of native communities, and nationwide economies within the area. Our file photograph exhibits an aerial view of a pure lake fed by a spring within the Amazon River basin close to Manaus, Brazil.