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The goal of Environmental Crime Media Update is to provide current news on
a weekly basis on environmental crime. With the exception of items written
by UNEP and occasional contributions solicited from other organizations, the
news is sourced from on-line newspapers, journals and websites.
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 | EU, US dumping toxic waste in Africa |
| The East African, 5th July 2010 |
| Picture: Dumping at a garbage site. Photo/FILE
European states are still using African coasts as a dumping ground of toxic waste, even after enactment of legislation aimed at ending the practice by the European Union.
The worst examples of such dumping in the recent past, according to a report by the international environ... |
 | Plastic pallets a goldmine to thieves |
| The Press-Enterprise, 4th July 2010 |
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Picture: Special to The Press-Enterprise in one case, a local grocer says it lost more than $2 million in pallets.
Over the years, San Bernardino County sheriff's rural crimes deputies have tracked down tractors, bulk cardboard and a spectrum of stolen metals from copper wire and bronze plaques to aluminum cans.
But o... |
 | Sepa plans action against recycling of lead batteries |
| The News, 3rd July 2010 |
| After taking successful action against the unauthorised recycling of lead batteries in Hyderabad, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) is now planning to take a similar action in Karachi.
A couple of months ago, Sepa had demolished around 150 units in Hyderabad where worn out lead batteries were being recycled.... |
 | Troubled waters |
| Thanhnien News, 2nd July 2010 |
| Picture: Farmers in Thanh An Commune, an impoverished area on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is still reeling from 14 years of pollution from an upstream Vedan factory that destroyed sea stocks and crops
Nguyen Xuan Ty said he might as well have died several years ago along with the section of the Thi Vai River ki... |
| Toxic cowboy Dib Hanna fined $133,000 for dumping on Sydney |
| The Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010 |
| WITH a truck full of asbestos, Dib Hanna would scour Sydney's western suburbs looking for a vacant block or deserted park to dump his deadly load.
Hanna, one of Australia's worst rubbish dumpers, was caught in an elaborate sting by authorities between July and October 2009.
He was fined $133,000 on Wednesday for dumping ... |
| Two brothers admit to dumping toxins |
| South Bend Tribune, 24th June 2010 |
| SOUTH BEND — Two brothers have pleaded guilty to criminal charges that they illegally transported and stored barrels of paint thinner and then dumped them along the roadside, a violation of federal environmental laws.
After his Osceola-based Midwest Custom Painting business closed in the spring of 2009, owner Robert Rori... |
 | Dutch court seeks fine over I.Coast toxic waste |
| AFP, 21st June 2010 |
| Picture: The Probo Koala ship at the port of Tallinn, Estonia in 2006
AMSTERDAM — Dutch prosecutors called Monday for a Swiss-based company whose chartered ship left Amsterdam and dumped allegedly deadly waste in the Ivory Coast in 2006 to be fined two million euros.
Multinational Trafigura, waste treatment compan... |
 | Toxic Waste Dumping in Iraq Leading to Criminal Action? |
| Grognews Blogspot, 15th June 2010 |
| Looks like there's going to be criminal repercussions from toxic waste dumping in Iraq.
The American military has announced an investigation into its disposal of hazardous material in Iraq and declared its intention to prosecute anyone violating environmental standards.The announcement comes after The Times disclosed that ... |
| Dumping 'killing Bahrain coral reef' |
| Manama, 14th June 2010 |
| Environmentalists claim illegal dumping has destroyed much of Bahrain's marine life and habitats and is also threatening the survival of its coral reef.
They believe most of the damage has been caused by contractors dumping their rubbish into the sea and have called on the authorities to take tough action.
'There are truc... |
| "Waste cheats" jailed over illegal dumping of commercial trash |
| Businessgreen.com, 12th June 2010 |
| Firms warned to check waste disposal companies’ licences to avoid falling foul of rogue operators.
Businesses were warned yesterday to ensure they know how their waste is disposed of, after two men were given prison sentences for operating an illegal waste dumping company.
Chief executive of the Environment Agency (EA),... |
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