US EditionHuge Hazard Haul: 32 Arrested for Shipping 650 Tons of Toxic Waste From Tenerife to Africa
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Madrid.- The Civil Guard and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency have dismantled a criminal network that illegally sent hazardous waste, most of it vehicles or refrigerators, to different countries of Africa from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canarias). The proceedings have been carried out with 32 persons arrested and are being investigated together with four companies with domiciles in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Mallorca, …
Huge Hazard Haul: 32 Arrested for Shipping 650 Tons of Toxic Waste from Tenerife to Africa
A massive joint operation by the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service has busted a criminal network smuggling 650 tons of dangerous waste from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to multiple African countries. The gang, which included 32 suspects and four companies based in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Mallorca, used fake invoices and shell businesses to disguise the toxic cargo as safe and legally cleared, experts say. …
The Civil Guard and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency have disbanded a criminal group to which is attributed the irregular shipment of up to 650 tons of hazardous waste from Tenerife to different African countries. In the framework of this action 32 persons and four societies with domicile in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Mallorca are being investigated, for alleged crimes against natural resources and the environment.
The Spanish Civil Guard is leading a global operation against pollution and illegal waste trafficking, with hundreds of arrests
The Spanish Civil Guard, in its capacity as the driver of the EMPACT priority on environmental crime, and in coordination with Europol, has led a police offensive that has dismantled criminal networks dedicated to waste trafficking across five continents. In Spain alone, the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Civil Guard has dismantled 23 illicit waste trafficking networks and carried out… Source
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