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Environmental crime-a concept that is still new to many of us, but these criminal acts which have occurred since a long time and still are continuing every day, every hour in many countries around the world. Natural resources are depleted, polluted environment is severe implications from the lack of human thinking have caused harm to the environment. This is no longer a private problem in every country where it has become a problem of the whole planet, requires countries to affiliate, work together to fight this type of crime.Environmental crime is? Environmental crime in General can be interpreted as illegal actions directly harmful to the environment. These actions include: trafficking in illegal wildlife trade, gas cause stratospheric ozone (ODS), unauthorized business hazardous waste types, caught, illegal resource extraction and exploitation, smuggling timber. It is the breach of international treaties designed to limit the trade status of toxic effect on the environment or the smuggling of rare plant and animal species. In the majority of countries, environmental crimes are generally considered "not serious" and at least be put on the list of priorities. What types of crimes like this are usually less closely watched from the Government and other authorities. However, in reality, this is again the factors influence to the whole society. For example, the illegal logging not only deprives the livelihoods of the communities dependent on forests, but also cause ecosystem problems such as flooding and climate change. The contraband gas ODS as refrigerants Chloroflorocarbon (CFCs) contributes to the thinning ozone, cause health problems such as skin cancer and diseases can glass coating. The International Interpol estimates, the number of losses from illegal trafficking in wildlife worldwide at least to 10 billion dollars per year, according to the World Bank for damage to the State budget from the illegal logging in developing countries is 15 billion dollars. In the mid-' 90s of the 20th century, some 38,000 tonnes of refrigerants CFCs have been traded illegally each year-the equivalent of 20% of total world trade and worth up to $ 500 million. In 2006, up to 14,000 tons CFCs are smuggled in the developing countries. Although the statistics may not fully and accurately, but one thing for sure is that environmental crime rates are on a rise. They are now expanding operations into new crime types, more sophisticated and better organized. Environmental crime often transnational criminal organizations. A tiger or an ivory underwent many phases from the harness to the consumers. A tree being tapped illegally can be transported around the world from the plantations to factories for processing and then be marketed in the form of a wood products finishing. In the age of global free trade, ease of transportation, transportation of goods and currencies have made operation of the organized crime growing environment.The repressionSome measures have been taken to strengthen the management and prevent environmental crime: -Establish regional networks to focus on environmental crime groups separately. For example, intelligence agencies in the Asia Pacific (RILO) specializes in focusing on the issues related to gas smuggling CFCs and hazardous waste. -Establishment of the crime-fighting task environment. For example, in the us, one has established a multidisciplinary task group to fight against the illicit trafficking of gas CFCs. TG were detained and forced a lot of smuggling lines are off the Court. Strengthen the management policies in order to enhance the powers of the regulators. -Strengthening the Agency's role to fight drugs and crime of the United Nations (UNODC) and the Convention against corruption. Drug prevention agency and UN Crime (UNODC) played a key role in strengthening management. While the social-economic Council of the United Nations (CCPCJ) it must set out the policies in effect and financial investment to ensure that the following measures be enforced strictly. Founded in 1984, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has collaborated with the international and regional organizations destroy several major environmental crime line, such as: -Illegal logging in Papua, IndonesiaIn 2005, the EIA did destroy one of the largest illegal logging in its history. This cross country lines were smuggling 300,000 m3 of timber and rare, mostly species of merbau, is often used to make high-end wood flooring from Papua, Indonesia to China. Worth more than US $ 1 billion per year. Join this crime line has both army officers of Papua, logging companies in Jakarta and Malaysia, the transportation company, the company forged documents in Singapore and lumber company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. -Smuggling CFCs in EuropeIn 1997, the largest smuggling case in Europe CFCs have been detected. A company based in Germany were almost successful imports nearly 1,000 tons of ODS (including CFCs) if as a cargo ship not being arrested in the Netherlands. With labels and forged customs papers, the toxic chemicals are made in China, were shipped to the customers in Europe and the Americas. EIA said, China is still home to provide world's largest source of smuggled CFCs. -Trade in tiger skins, shipping quote In 2000, the authorities in the Western town of Khaga, India, has captured a huge contraband volume not seen: 4 70 Tigers, leather skin of 18,000 newspapers, newspaper claws, 132 Tiger claws and 175 kg of tiger bones. According to the Agency's analysis of the law shows, this is the line of smuggling have held closely works with countries to India, Nepal, China and is associated with several large fur smuggling organization in the world. -Smuggling ivory from ZambiaIn mid 2002, Singapore arrested a shipment containing more than 6 tons of ivory. This is the amount of ivory being smuggled, the largest since ivory trade was banned in 1989. EIA's surveys have shown that, the amount of goods originating from Lilongwe in Malawi. It is relevant to a criminal organization specialized in smuggling ivory from Zambia via Malawi then both Singapore and Hong Kong. This line was once traded at least 19 block of rows the same path by ivory.
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