Invited to speak at a round table on ‘Strengthening environmental Rule of law through effective fight against environmental crime’, organised on Wednesday 7 June as part of EU Green Week 2023 in Brussels, Frederik Hafen, Environmental Democracy Policy Officer at the NGO European Environmental Bureau (EEB), outlined the role of NGOs and civil society in this area.
According to Mr Hafen, they compensate for “the lack of detection and expertise of local law enforcement agencies on...