Environmental crimes cause significant damage to the environment. At the same time they provide for very high profits for perpetrators and relatively low risks of detection. Very often, environmental crimes have a cross border aspect. Environmental crime is a serious and growing problem that needs to be tackled at European and global level. In order… [Read more]
WasteForce webinar on existing methodologies for impact assessment of changes affecting waste trade, 2 July 2020
Several policies at national, regional and international levels have been introduced to address the issues linked to waste shipments. However, even in the presence of these regulations, significant amounts of illegal waste shipments are occurring across the European borders and beyond. It is not clear whether, and if yes, to what extent, these policies have… [Read more]
Waste Crime Alert series made available
Illegal management and trade of waste causes significant damage to the environment, undermines the health of millions of people, and distorts fair competition. It can result in loss of income to authorities, while providing significant financial gain for those illicitly involved. Despite strong efforts to better detect and investigate waste crimes, it remains quite challenging… [Read more]
Waste Crime Alert: the impact of COVID-19 on waste crime
In this edition of the WasteForce Waste Crime Alert series, information has been gathered on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on waste management and waste shipments. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the measures that have been implemented had an impact on waste management, the (illegal) trade in waste and the enforcement of waste related… [Read more]
New methodology to measure environmental and economic damage of illegal waste transports
One of the challenges in enforcing waste management regulations, is how to measure the impact on environment, economy and human health of illegal shipments of waste. A new methodology, developed as part of the WasteForce project and led by the Netherlands Forensics Institute, offers an overview of technical possibilities to monetize the impact of illegal… [Read more]
Paper: Understanding the Impacts of Transboundary Waste Shipment Policies: The Case of Plastic and Electronic Waste
This paper is building on the WasteForce project deliverable ‘EU and Global Policy Impact Analysis Methodology’, which is led by the University of Limerick in cooperation with the United Nations University. Impact assessment is a part of the policy implementation cycle, which can support the design and implementation of effective policies at a minimum cost…. [Read more]
WasteForce Webinar on legislative framework for waste inspections, penalties and reporting of waste crimes, 2 April 2020
The second webinar of the series of capacity building initiatives under the WasteForce project, presented by IGAMAOT (General Inspection of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), will take place on 2 April at 11:30 CET time, to discuss practical case studies of environmental crime related… [Read more]
Now open! Registration of interest for new WasteForce training on fighting waste crime
The WasteForce project continues with the series of training events on fighting illegal waste trafficking and waste crime. After the first successful training, which took place in November last year, the next two training sessions are now being prepared. A dedicated training on performing road inspections of waste shipments will take place in March in Germany…. [Read more]
WasteForce launches Clearing House for environmental law enforcement community
Over the recent years, a number of EU funded projects were carried out in relation to waste and environmental crime. This information is currently scattered over the web. By the development of the WasteForce Clearing House, existing resources and information from previous EU funded projects and international initiatives on waste are made easier accessible and… [Read more]
WasteForce training on prosecution of crime 27 – 29 November 2019 – day 1
The first day of the WasteForce training on prosecution of waste crime was kicked off in the National Centre for Judiciary Training (CEJ) in Lisbon by the host and representatives of the Portuguese environmental organisations. Some 75 participants of European law enforcement agencies, customs and port authorities, environmental agencies and prosecutors attended the sessions. WasteForce… [Read more]