Environmental crime market, hundreds of billions of yen annually 1999.08.15

At a conference on environmental crimes with the United Nations Environmental Program in Geneva the other day, he pointed out that international crimes such as illegal trading of fluorocarbon, illegal dumping of hazardous wastes, and smuggling of rare wild animals are expanding. According to the Royal Institute for International Studies, the size of the transaction by environmental crime is seen to reach $200 to $400 billion annually. The United Nations will move to strengthen cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization, and encourage countries to comply with international arrangements.