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Environmental Crime - a threat to our future
Organised environmental crime poses a growing threat, yet remains a low priority for the enforcement community. This report shows the scale and impacts of environmental crime and calls for strong political will to tackle it as a matter of urgency.
Last Updated: 10 Oct 08

Environmental Crime – Our Planet, Our Problem
Briefing to the 17th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Last Updated: 24 Apr 08

Upholding The Law - the Challenge of Effective Enforcement
ENVIRONMENT and wildlife crimes - such as illegal logging, ivory poaching and trading in tiger parts and rare animals - are now so rife they should be treated as serious transnational organised crime, says EIA.
Last Updated: 7 Jun 07

The Continued Destruction of the Ozone Layer - US Abuse of Methyl Bromide Exemptions
This report, released to coincide with the Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, describes recent severe depletion of the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere and U.S. demands to continue producing and consuming the potent ozone-destroying chemical, methyl bromide, which was to be phased out in the developed world on January 1, 2005.
Last Updated: 27 Jun 05

Combating the Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances: A Guide for Enforcement officers
A new range of training materials for the enforcement community is launched by EIA (please see separate links for details)
Last Updated: 20 Apr 05

Training Video
Combating the Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances: A Guide for Enforcement officers
Last Updated: 20 Apr 05

Smuggling Methods
Fact sheet detailing methods used by ODS smugglers
Last Updated: 19 Apr 05

Checking of Documentation
Checklist to assist in identifying suspicious shipments of ODS by careful checking of documents.
Last Updated: 19 Apr 05

Inspection of Goods
Checklist to assist in identifying suspicious shipments of ODS by inspection of goods.
Last Updated: 19 Apr 05

Components of an Effective Enforcement System
A summary of what is required for an effective enforcement system to prevent ODS smuggling.
Last Updated: 19 Apr 05

Lost in Transit
Global CFC smuggling trends and the need for a faster phase-out
Last Updated: 10 Nov 03

Push to the Finishing Line
Why the Montreal Protocol needs to accelerate the phase-out of CFC production for Basic Domestic Needs
Last Updated: 7 Jul 03

Unfinished Business
The continued illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances and the threat posed to the Montreal Protocol phase-out
Last Updated: 1 Oct 01

Actions parties to the Montreal Protocol need to take at the 2001 Open Ended Working Group to curb the illegal trade in ODS
At the 12th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Decision XII/10 on the prevention of illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances was adopted.
Last Updated: 24 Jul 01

Actions needed at the 12th Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol to combat illegal trade in ODS
EIA urges for international cooperation against the smuggling of Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS), to be addressed at at the 12th Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol, due to a recent increase in their illegal trade.
Last Updated: 11 Dec 00

A Crime Against Nature
Investigations by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) prove that the integrity, effectiveness and successes of the Montreal Protocol are seriously imperilled by the large scale illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS)
Last Updated: 1 Nov 98