Gibson Guitar Company.
The federal government seized wood, guitars and electronic records from Gibson's Nashville warehouses in 2009 and again last week. According to Juszkiewicz, that's when the Feds made an unusual request from the American manufacturer.
On KMJ airwaves, Juszkiewicz revealed that representatives of the US government told Gibson that their legal issues would "disappear" if they used Madagascar labor instead of American labor.
Listen to Chris's entire interview with Henry Juszkiewicz in our podcast section on KMJnow.com.
Gibson factories have been raided twice, most recently last week, by federal agents who say ebony exported from India to Gibson was "fraudulently" labeled to conceal a contravention of Indian export law.
Juszkiewicz, who's long maintained a relationship with Greenpeace and other environmental organizations, says that a broker probably made a mistake in labeling the goods but that the sale was legal and approved by Indian authorities.
The law ensnaring Gibson is the Lacey Act of 1900, originally passed to regulate trade in bird feathers used for hats and amended in 2008 to cover wood and other plant products. It requires companies to make detailed disclosures about wood imports and bars the purchase of goods exported in violation of a foreign country's laws.
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KMJ News and The Wall St. Journal contributed to this story.
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Hmmm...On KMJ airwaves, Juszkiewicz revealed that representatives of the US government told Gibson that their legal issues would "disappear" if they used Madagascar labor instead of American labor.
