Inside the 'wild west' of mining and logging

A massive oil spill on a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands has focused worldwide attention on the operation of foreign miners and loggers.

The World Bank has likened the behaviour to the US 'Wild West' and said there's been a chronic failure by the government to regulate the industry.

Reporter Michael Morrah travelled to the Solomon Islands to look into the claims.

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