Illegal Trafficking of Waste in the Light of National and International Legislation

Abstract

The chapter illustrates an overview oil International and Europeanlegislation concerning environmental protection, followed by a briefpresentation of a special unit belonging to Italian Carabinieri, whosemission is to fight environmental crime. Through their experience it ispossible to assess the future strategies of environmental protectionunder the point of view of a LEA and to depict the future, potentialflows of illegal environmental crimes, with particular regard to theillegal trafficking of waste. The unit, founded in 1986 by decree of theMinistry of Environment, nowadays is a landmark in Italy and abroad forenvironmental issues and call take two strategic tools into account: theradioactivity section and S.I.T.A. (intelligence system forenvironmental protection and photo interpretation). Many officers andNCOs attend national and international meetings where the environmentalissues are discussed; as expertise they give their contribution inUniversity Environmental masters and in planned activities of ``cultureof environmental legality{''} in high schools.