| Making our borders safe: Asia-Pacific region readies itself to prevent a new challenge of illegal trade in ozone-depleting chemicals |
| 15th March 2012 |
| Bangkok, 15 March 2012 – Today, Customs and enforcement experts in the Asia-Pacific region completed a four-day workshop on monitoring and control of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). The region has suffered from significant smuggling of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the past and with the imminent approach of trade control measures for the second major group of ODS - Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HC... |
| An attempt to smuggle more than 19 tones of ozone-depleting substances to the Russian Federation was curbed in St. Petersburg |
| 2nd March 2012 |
| Officers of the Chief Department for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Russia detected that organized gang members purchased refrigerants R12 and
R113 (import banned in Russia) and R22 and R141b (require license and quota) in the People’s Republic of China. Thereafter the documentation was forged and these substances were imported as ozone-friendly ones th... |
| Environmental crime busters meet in Bangkok for the 12th ARPEC |
| 17th February 2012 |
| Bangkok, 17 February 2012 -- Representatives from various governments, universities, non-government and international organizations met to discuss critical issues related to illegal trade in environmentally sensitive commodities today at the 12th Asian Regional Partners Forum on Combating Environmental Crime (ARPEC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was organized by the United Nations Enviro... |
| Press Release: UNEP/Sida launch Regional Enforcement Network Project to Combat Illegal Trade in Harmful Chemicals and Hazardous Waste in Asia |
| 8th February 2012 |
| Bangkok, 8 February 2012 – Today the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) launched the Regional Enforcement Network for Chemicals and Waste (Project REN), a US$1.56 million project that aims at detecting and preventing illegal cross border trade of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), other harmful chemicals ... |
| UNEP/Sida launches Regional Enforcement Network Project to Combat Illegal trafficking in Harmful Chemicals and Hazardous waste in Asia |
| 2nd February 2012 |
| As the most populous region, Asia is a not only major destination for dumping of hazardous waste and is also facing big challenges of the smuggling ozone depleting substances (ODS), chemical waste and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
To help address these challenges, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) recently agreed to support the project Regional Enforc... |
| China Customs kicks off ‘Green Customs’ training to combat crimes against nature |
| 19th September 2011 |
| Ningbo, 19 September 2011- Sixty senior Chinese Customs officers gathered today in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, to take part in the first national Green Customs Workshop in China, a four-day event providing awareness-raising and training on combating the illegal trade of environmentally-sensitive commodities. The workshop, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration... |
| PATROLling the Borders: Cambodian Border Security Strengthened in First Training of its Kind in Southeast Asia |
| 26th August 2011 |
| Sihanoukville/Bangkok, 26 August 2011 – Forty-three Cambodian law enforcement officers today graduated from a three-day training course in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on detecting and preventing the smuggling of drugs and chemicals, wildlife, illegal timber and Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), hazardous waste, as well as human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
The training, the first of... |
| BEIJING HOSTS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME TALKS |
| 21st September 2010 |
| 21 September 2010- Today more than 100 representatives from customs and environmental ministries of Asia Pacific countries came together with experts from international organizations and non-governmental organizations in Beijing for the 4th Multilateral Environmental Agreement Regional Enforcement Network (MEA-REN) Workshop.
This workshop is organized by the United Nations Environment Pro... |
| 4th MEA REN Workshop and RILO Seminar on Combating Environmental Crime will be Held in Beijing on 19-22 September 2010 |
| 4th August 2010 |
| 4th MEA REN Workshop and RILO Seminar
UNEP and the RILO A/P, in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Government of China, will organise the Seminar on Combating Environmental Crime and the 4th workshop of the Multilateral Environmental Agreement Regional Enforcement Network (MEA-REN) in Beijing, China on 19-20 and 21-22 September 2010 resp... |
| Afghanistan and UNEP form partnership against smuggling of ozone depleting chemicals |
| 23rd March 2010 |
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Bangkok, 23 March 2010 – Today an important partnership was forged to combat the illegal trade in chemicals which destroy the earth’s protective ozone layer and contribute to climate change. The partnership was cemented through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) OzonAc... |
