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Sharp expansion of illegal waste export from Sweden but the police up their antics

Sunday, 06 January 2013
Swedish customs have been very busy at the borders and one thing they have been interrupting, more recently is illegal waste exports from Sweden, which officials said its volume has increased last year.

A large contingent of 47 shipments were stopped, the highest figure so far as the police intensified efforts to stop the transportation of obsolete, environmentally hazardous lead-acid batteries, which are intended for export.

The Swedish authorities intensified their efforts against illegal waste exports last year through increased organisation and inter-organisation cooperation between customs, police, Environmental Protection Agency, and the provincial governments.

The efforts have, resulted in dozens of convictions for attempted smuggling, and attempted illegal export of waste and unauthorized waste transport. This has to do with such attempts as to ferry into other countries hundreds of used, hazardous, refrigerators or used vehicle batteries that contain dangerous substance.

A large proportion of the waste are exported to West Africa and Asia and is often carried in containers transported by ship. Typical contents are old refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, car engines, gearboxes, car parts, tyres, electrical waste, and electronic waste.
The Swedish police believe that organized crime is behind some of the illegal waste exports, as in the case of automotive batteries. The evidence for this is that many people are involved in the collection of batteries over large areas of the country before they are sent out of Sweden, suggests the National Criminal Intelligence authorities.
By Scancomark.com Team

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