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INTERPOL For official use only

October 2012

Ioana BotezatuLiliana Juc

INTERPOLEnvironmental CrimeProgramme


• 1923 INTERPOL• 1992 ECC• 2009 ECP• 2010 Resolution• 2011 ICCWC• 2012 NEST

HISTORY


AREAS

• Illegal exploitation of the world’swild flora and fauna

• Biodiversity

• Illegal traffic of species in danger ofextinction

• Illegal Logging

• While pollution crime - trading anddisposal of hazardous wastes

• Natural resources in contraventionof national and international laws


What can INTERPOL do?

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INTERPOL’sResponse

Project

EDEN

2012

GlobalE-wasteCrimeGroup

2009

Project

LITE

2012

Project

LYNX

2012

Operation

ENIGMA

Projecte-Learning


Project e-LearningComputer supported law enforcement trainingmodule for Basel Convention, StockholmConvention and Rotterdam Convention

Professional officersSkills and resourcesAccessibility and availibilityAmbition for a comprehensive manual creation


Project EDENReducing illegal trade, handling and discarding ofhazardous waste through coordinated activities andefforts tailored to enhance the rule of law andgovernance of these crimes by national agencies

Political awarenessIntelligence-led approachsustainable institutional capacityNational Environmental Security Task Forces (NEST)


Capacity Building

• Conferences (Paris-Feb.2012, Dubai-Sept.2012)

• Heads of Police and Customs Meeting - ICCWC

• Newsletters/ Press releases

• Pollution Forensics Manual

• Illegal Oil Discharges from Vessels


Networking Opportunities

• 1st International Chiefs of EnvironmentalCompliance and Enforcement Summit

• International Environmental Crime Conferenceand its Working Group Meetings

• Upcoming Climate Change Crime in collaborationwith Financial structures


Information Management

• Transmitting, Storing, Enhancing, Analyzing Information• Strategic and Operational Reports• Sharing Intelligence


• Operation Prey• Operation Cage• Operation Libra• Operation Worthy

• Operation Enigma(phase I,II and III)

Operations 2012


EnvironmentalDisaster

EnvironmentalCrime

INTERPOL Response TeamIRT

deployed to assist a membercountry during an environmental

crisis situation


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