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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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 | Premier horrified by medical waste dumping |
| Time Live. By Sapa , 4th December 2009 |
| The finding of various illegal medical dump sites in the Welkom area was horrifying, Free State premier Ace Magashule said.
"The lives of our people have been threatened and their health put at risk by this irresponsible action from negligent people who are supposed to take care of our environment," he said in a statement... |
 | Ship Operator Pleads Guilty for Concealing Pollution from Oil Tanker |
| Reuters, 22nd October 2009 |
| http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS240637+21-Oct-2009+PRN20091021
Panamanian Company will pay $1.25 Million for Vessel Pollution Crimes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Panamanian company that operated a 40,000-ton oil tanker ship that regularly made calls in multiple ports in Texas pleaded gu... |
| Wilton man fined for illegal septic dumping |
| La Crosse Tribune, 21st October 2009 |
| http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_a6e06b60-bdf5-11de-90b5-001cc4c03286.html
- A Wilton man and his corporation have been ordered to pay $56,700 in fines for illegally dumping septic waste along an area waterway and other violations.
Dane County Circuit Judge Nicholas J. McNamara handed down the penalties ... |
| e-Waste: 45% Used Computers Come From United States – FG |
| Leadership Nigeria, 19th October 2009 |
| http://leadershipnigeria.com/index.php/news/business/7498-e-waste-45-used-computers-come-from-united-states--fg
Studies carried out by the Ministry of Environment has revealed that half a million of used computers come into the country every month.
45 per cent of this number comes from the United States of America and 10 ... |
| As China's economy grows, so do mounds of garbage |
| The Associated Press, 11th October 2009 |
| http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hezoCunXRu98N6MAoN8b8Jwm5jzAD9B93M900
More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields.
In less than five years, the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Waste Treatmen... |
| Africans in legal battle over toxic waste |
| United Press International, 9th October 2009 |
| http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/10/09/Africans-in-legal-battle-over-toxic-waste/UPI-61361255126923/
LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Greenpeace is locked in a legal battle with Trafigura, a London-based oil trader, over the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006 that poisoned thousands of people and kille... |
| Kuwait blasted for 'environmental crime' |
| Maktoob Business , 28th September 2009 |
| http://business.maktoob.com/20090000377042/Kuwait_blasted_for_environmental_crime_/Article.htm
A leading Kuwaiti environmental group has accused its government of perpetrating “an environmental crime” over the Mishref disaster that saw thousands of tonnes of raw sewage pumped into the sea, local daily the Kuwait Times... |
| New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Asbestos Dumping |
| http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/sept200914a.htm, 15th September 2009 |
| John Deck, of Norwood, New Jersey, entered guilty pleas on charges to commit wire fraud and conspiracy in relation to his actions regarding unsafe and unlawful disposal of hazardous waste, including asbestos, from sites in both his home state and in New York State and relocating the dangerous materials to a vacant field on ... |
 | Ex-employee of Muhlenberg Township scrap yard admits illegal dumping |
| http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=156912 , 15th September 2009 |
| Picture: Dale Smith in August 2003. Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy
A former employee of a Muhlenberg Township firm pleaded guilty Monday in Berks County Court to operating an illegal dump from June 2001 to August 2002.
Dale Smith, 61, of the 300 block of West Neversink Road, Exeter Township, pleaded guilty before Judge James M.... |
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