The European Commission is proposing that environmental crimes committed in the EU to the detriment of human health and the environment should be adequately punished under criminal law, as too many of these highly lucrative crimes currently fall under the radar of the justice system.
The proposal for a directive that it adopted on Wednesday 15 December aims to strengthen the 2008 directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law (2008/99/EC), the limited effectiveness of...