Prague - Penalties for environmental damage are set to increase significantly, up to ten years in prison. This is envisaged by an amendment to the Criminal Code, which also changes the definitions of current environmental crimes and introduces some new ones, including penalties for perpetrators of so-called ecocide, the most serious forms of ecological disasters.
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Prague - Penalties for environmental damage are set to increase significantly, up to ten years in prison. This is envisaged by an amendment to the Criminal Code, which also changes the definitions of current environmental crimes and introduces some new ones, including penalties for perpetrators of so-called ecocide, the most serious forms of ecological disasters.