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Unfinished Business
The continued illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances and the threat posed to the Montreal Protocol phase-out

Acknowledgements  
Introduction
Ozone Layer Update
The Impacts of Ozone Depletion  
Enforcing the Phase-out
Conclusions
Recommendations
References
References

Ozone Layer Update

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  10. Bojkov, R, 2000. Update on the state of the ozone over Northern and mid-polar latitudes. World Meteorological Organisation, 16 March 2000.
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Impacts of Ozone Depletion

  1. Karentz, D. 1991. Ecological considerations of Antarctic ozone depletion. Antarctic Science 3 (1), 3 - 11.
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Enforcing the Phase-out

  1. Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). 1997. Chilling Facts About A Burning Issue; CFC Smuggling in the European Union. EIA, London.
  2. Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). 1998. A Crime Against Nature; the Worldwide Illegal Trade In Ozone Depleting Substances. EIA, London.
  3. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2001
  4. Miami Herald, 16 September 2000. Freon smuggler gets 6-month prison sentence.
  5. Unpublished EIA internal report, 2001
  6. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2001
  7. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2001
  8. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2000
  9. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2001
  10. New Straits Times, 6 February 2000
  11. Confidential personal communication to EIA, 2000
  12. UNEP-SEI Regional Workshop on Monit-oring and Control of ODS Consumption, Pattaya, Thailand, 22 - 26 May 2000