ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME IN EUROPE: Rules of Sanctions

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Objectives of the Conference

The first session of the conference will focus on establishing facts as regards environmental crime.

The quantification of environmental crime is difficult because criminal activity is in itself an

underground and clandestine activity. In that respect, environmental crime does not differ from any

other criminal activity. But it should be noted that environmental crime has specific features when

compared to other forms of crime. Environmental damage affects society in it’s entirety. It is often

difficult to designate precisely what was damaged, and to evaluate the extent of damage. The only

economic evaluation of the damage, often difficult, is not enough to give an idea of the various

aspects of environmental damage. The speakers will give facts and concrete evaluations of

environmental crime in urope in the most known sectors of the environmental crime: protected

species (CITES Convention), waste, ozone, illegal logging, infrastructures and habitat.