Mussel massacre, devastating to the ecosystem of the river Hukkajoki

One of the worst ever environmental disasters in Finland happened last Friday. A scientist studying fresh water mussels in Hukkajoki, Suomussalmi, happened to see a logging machine drive across a river where endangered mussels live. She told the driver it's illegal to go through the river, but the driver only laughed and told her to "take of her bra". She filmed the machine drive through the river again and contacted the authorities.

Now police are investigating it as a serious environmental crime, which could lead to jail time and heavy fines. Logging drivers firm was working as a contractor for Finnish-Swedish forestry company Stora Enso. As hundreds of mussels died, the fine can rise to millions of Euros. The companies knew about the mussels and were forbidden to go through the river, but they ignored the law and logged trees through it at least 300 times. There's suspicion that it has happened before in other rivers, but this was the first time someone witnessed it.