Final statement - 4 Networks Conference

 The Four Networks, IMPEL - European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law,EUFJE - The European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment,  ENPE - European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment,  and EnviCrimeNet, have today released a statement following the successful 4 Networks Conference, held in Rome last week. 

The statement focusses on 5 key topics that the networks consider critical in tackling environmental crimes, namely:

• new techniques to prevent and detect environmental offences
• the need for administrative and criminal law enforcement to complement each other.
• making environmental crime unprofitable.
• assessing, remediating and compensating for the damage incurred.
• measuring enforcement results.