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AEI Insights, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2020

nationals for fiscal offences and the obligation to consult with the requesting State
before refusing extradition.”
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Definitions on hazardous waste
• Basel Convention defines ‘hazardous’ waste on the basis of the pollutants it contains
such as lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, arsenics, etc. Together with the definition
of hazardous waste, international provisions stress the international ban to import any
sort of hazardous waste to African states parties to the Bamako Convention, from any
state not part of it.
• Bamako Convention uses a similar language to that of the Basel convention, but has a
stronger reference to the prohibition of all imports of hazardous waste; it does not
except on certain types of hazardous waste (like those for radioactive materials) made
by the Basel convention.

Gaps, barriers and potential solutions

Gaps and barriers Potential Solutions

wide range of crimes associated with it emphasis should be put on the prevention of
environmental crimes in the linked
legislations;

transnational efforts should be harmonized; improvement
of institutional collaboration between
different agencies and stakeholders involved
in environmental protection

lack of internationally recognized definition create an internationally recognized
- only an often used common understanding definition, which addresses environmental
crime explicitly

lack of understandings and approaches existing environmental standards should be
between and among States – how to combat systematized
crimes

knowledge gap between environmental establishment of gap bridging mechanisms;
crimes and corruption information systems that provide valuable
information on companies and can serve as
monitoring tools for law enforcement
agencies
link between environmental crimes and simplification of market regulations and
corruption is to be favored by a number of increased transparency
circumstances; high tax burden, excessive

20 United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime And The Protocols Thereto (2014): United Nations
Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime; https://www.unodc.org/documents/middleeastandnorthafrica/organised-
crime/UNITED_NATIONS_CONVENTION_AGAINST_TRANSNATIONAL_ORGANIZED_CRIME_AND_THE_PROTOCOL
S_THERETO.pdf (accessed on 15.07.2019)

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