Hearing on Strengthening the Fight Against Environmental Crime in NRW

 

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Hearing on Strengthening the Fight Against Environmental Crime in NRW

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Düsseldorf, Germany
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On 19 January 2022, Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow of Ecologic Institute, participated as an expert in a hearing of the Committee for Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the North Rhine-Westphalian Parliament on the motion of the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN "Bekämpfung von Umweltkriminalität in NRW endlich stärken – Schwerpunktstaatsanwaltschaft und Koordinierungsstelle für NRW einrichten" (Drucks. 17/14258). Together with three other experts and the working group of the municipal umbrella organizations of North Rhine-Westphalia, he commented on the motion and answered questions from members of parliament.

Stephan Sina's written statement is published on the website of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament and is available separately as a download here.

Stephan Sina has been working regularly on German and European environmental criminal law since 2013. He is one of the authors of the study for the German Federal Environmental Agency "Status quo und Weiterentwicklung des Umweltstrafrechts und anderer Sanktionen: Instrumente zur Verbesserung der Befolgung von Umweltrecht (Compliance)", which was cited several times in the Green Party's motion.

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Expert hearing on strengthening the fight against environmental crime in North …
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Düsseldorf, Germany
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Environmental law, Compliance, enforcement
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia
PublicationReportStatus quo und Weiterentwicklung des Umweltstrafrechts und anderer Sanktionen
 
UBA TEXTE 135/2019
A 2018 report co-published by Interpol estimates the annual turnover generated by environmental crime at 110 - 281 billion US dollars. Environmental crime causes significant damage to the environment and public health. This report presents insights on environmental... Read more

Gerstetter, Christiane et. al. 2019: Status quo und Weiterentwicklung des Umweltstrafrechts und anderer Sanktionen: Instrumente zur Verbesserung der Befolgung von Umweltrecht (Compliance). Umweltbundesamt: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationReportUmweltdelikte 2019
 
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This publication provides a quantitative overview of the development and status of environmental crime in Germany between 2010 and 2019, based on data from the police crime statistics ("Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik") and the Federal Statistical Office's criminal... Read more

Gerstetter, Christiane; Duin, Laurens; Trötzsch, Jenny (2020): Umweltdelikte 2019. Auswertung von Statistiken. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt.

PresentationSpeechWildlife Crime
 
Christiane Gerstetter und Stephan Sina (Ecologic Institut)
On 19 April 2016, Stephan Sina and Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellows at Ecologic Institute, presented a study on wildlife crime to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament in Brussels. The study was compiled... Read more

Speech:Wildlife Crime

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Brussels, Belgium
PublicationBook SectionEnvironmental Criminal Law in Germany
 
As an output of the research project "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE), which was coordinated by Ecologic Institute, an edited volume entitled "Environmental Crime in Europe" was published by Hart Publishing. Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow... Read more

Sina, Stephan 2017: Environmental Criminal Law in Germany. In: Andrew Farmer, Michael Faure, Grazia Maria Vagliasindi (Eds.) Environmental Crime in Europe. Oxford and Portland, Oregon.

PublicationReportEuropean Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE): Conclusions and Recommendations
 
A new report presents the conclusions and policy recommendations of the EU-funded research project, "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE). The report includes recommendations for action to better combat environmental crime at the EU and Member... Read more

Faure, Michael; Niels Philipsen; Teresa Fajardo del Castillo et. al. (2016): Conclusions and Recommendations. Study in the framework of the EFFACE research project.