The National WASTE-The National WASTE-project of the Belgian project of the Belgian

policepolice

Budapest, 10Budapest, 10thth December December 20082008

Speaker: Frans Geysels

DGA Administrative Police

DGJFederal Judicial Police

DGS Management&

Support

CG IG

DJG Management&Development

DJOOps &Info

DJFEconomic

&Financial

Crime

DJB Crime

againstGoods

DJP Crime

againstPersons

DJT Technical

&Scientific

Police

DJC Organized

Crime

EnvironmentalCrime

Organized Theft HormonesCar

TheftF.A.S.T. Hold up

Federal Police

Contact Point

Local Police

Co-ordinatorExpertiseAdministration

InvestigationcapacityEnvironment

FGP

Environmental Service

Federal Judicial Police

Fed

eral

Lo

cal

AIC Co-ordinator

ComdoSPN/SPC/WPR

SPN/SPC/WPR

Contact Point

Liaison-officier

Environmental NetworkEnvironmental Network

i.e. Organised and Recurring;

Fraudulant and Intended to make Considerable Profits;

Supra-local / International;

Very Harmful to the Environment and/or Public Health

Serious Environmental CrimeSerious Environmental Crime

Waste Swindle;

Swindle of Radioactive Materials (alleged or not);

Swindle of Protected Flora and Fauna;

Firework Swindle.

The following phenomena are The following phenomena are concernedconcerned

DUTIES:

Making strategic analyses to conceptualise the phenomena; Giving advice and ensuring the co-ordination for the benefit of the

investigators; Developing expert data bases; Providing specific expertise and support to the police services; Ensuring information control and exploitation; Starting an “environmental network”; Providing specific training for members of the “environmental network”; Promoting an integrated police method to tackle the phenomena; Initiating and let carry out proactive and reactive investigations Concluding “skeleton agreements” (Police/Environmental Authorities) Representing the police in panels that deal with environmental protection

(INTERPOL, EUROPOL, EU, ...).

The Environmental Crime The Environmental Crime ServiceService

OBJECTIVES (1):

To give insight into the real waste streams in Belgium through specific information gathering by:

- planned, short controls of waste transports in association with the competent environmental administrations

- punctual checks on “suspicious” waste transports during patrols.

Feedback: WASTE ECO-form

The WASTE projectThe WASTE project

° June 1996

ECO-Form

OBJECTIVES (2):

Detect high-risk groups and behaviour in the field of waste-disposal through operational analysis.

Handling Waste-crime by:

- To use traditional police detection and investigation techniques;- To catch and convict the perpetrators;- To confiscate the illegally acquired benefits;- To stop the possible threat to the population and the environment.

The WASTE projectThe WASTE project

Checking cargo(Port of Antwerp)

Checking Containers(Port of Antwerp)

Ops BAMBOU (Port of Antwerp)

AnalysisC

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ori

ties Exchange

Handling Eco-forms

Eco

En

viron

men

talS

ervice

Input Database

Territori

alPolice Units

PERSON(S)

Corporation(s)

Collection of waste- Production- Acquisition of waste- Wastebroker- Storage of waste

Transport-capacity

Licences

Money laundringcapacity

- Real estate- Credit-bank

Export capacityDumping capacity

(Sand-pit, incinerator,…)

Waste Processing

Licences- Recycling- Treatment

RISK-Group

FGP/PJFInvestigation

Unit

CompetentEnvironmental

Authorities

CompletionCompletion

Criteria

Opera

tion

al analy

sis

Collaboration - Infoflux

Collaboration

Police General

competencein police matters

Competence in the enforcement of environmental legislation

Approachable 24/24

Recognizable for the public

Environmental Authorities

Specific competence in environmental legislation

Customs

General competence in customs matters- Transfrontier (EU) shipment of waste & goods- Taxes - Tpt

Limited competence in environmental legislationEXPERTISE IN

Police matters Privileged contacts with

Public Prosecutors

EXPERTISE IN Custom matters

EXPERTISE IN Environmental

issues

ComparaisonComparaison

Environmental Environmental AuthoritiesAuthorities

Inspection/Supervision Report

- administrative- judicial

in situLocal EnvironmentalCrime

PolicePolice

Report- judicial

Investigation

Local Environmental Crime

Serious Environmental Crime

- Exchange of Information- Mutual Support in Expertise and Training

Multidisciplinary Approach in Multidisciplinary Approach in Environmental CrimeEnvironmental Crime

(Several)EnvironmentalAuthorities

INFOFLUXINFOFLUX

ENVIRONMENTALAuthorities

POLICE CUSTOMS

NationalRegional

level

EUlevel

GLOBALlevel

EUROPOL

INTERPOL WCO

EUROPOLIMPEL/TFS

UNEP (?)INECE (?)

(Several) Police-ServicesAgreement

CustomsAgreement

Best practice “International Best practice “International exchange of information” - exchange of information” - SchemeScheme

Country Y

Country X

Border

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Customs

Customs

AD

HO

C B

ILA

TER

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WC

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EU

RO

PO

L E

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EnvironmentalAuthorities

EnvironmentalAuthorities

AD

HO

C B

ILA

TER

AL Police

Police

AD

HO

C B

ILA

TER

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EU

RO

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INTER

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Privacy legislation

Other legal restrictions- Criminal information- Administrative information- …

Best practice “International Best practice “International exchange of information” - exchange of information” - DifficultiesDifficulties

Frans GEYSELSChief CommissionerFederal Judicial PoliceEnvironmental Crime ServiceF. Toussaintstraat 471050 Brussels

E-mail : djb.mil@telenet.be

Fax : 00 32 2 644 82 25

Tf: 00 32 2 642 63 07

Point of contactPoint of contact