Desafíos y respuestas transnacionales frente a los crímenes ambientales

Abstract

The development of repressive environmental tools until 2015 continues to be marked by minimalism, and although environmental violations share the cross-border nature of international crimes, they do not always reach the threshold of seriousness. This coupled with economic considerations and territorial competition slows down regulatory efciency in this area. This paper seeks to highlight the means of combating environmental crime through a comparative study of protected legal rights, the nature of state control and the type of sanctions applied. Having established the common characteristics of the means of struggle in force, we will highlight the circulation of transnational rules and practices based on criteria of effectiveness and relevance. As a corollary, we suggest that the criminalization of the most serious conduct has no real effect in the absence of state public policies aimed at reinforced transnational cooperation in environmental crime.