Environmental Organised Crime: The Dirty Business of Hazardous Waste Disposal and Limited State Capacity in Africa
| Autor: | Derica Lambrechts, Michael Hector |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies Environmental crime Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Green theory Green criminology State (polity) Hazardous waste Law Political Science and International Relations Terrorism 050501 criminology Organised crime Business Environmental planning 0505 law media_common Victimless crime |
| Zdroj: | Politikon. 43:251-268 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1014 0258-9346 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02589346.2016.1201727 |
| Popis: | Illegal transnational hazardous waste disposal was in the past not defined as a serious environmental crime as the crime is mostly victimless. Although there is a large global legal hazardous waste disposal industry, there is also an illicit one, involving illegal companies, disposal methods, terrorist and organised criminal groups. This article examines illicit hazardous waste disposal (e-waste) on the African continent, against the backdrop of Green Theory and Green Criminology. There are numerous e-waste sites and this article discusses a few in West Africa. Although tons of e-waste makes its way illegally into Africa from the developed North, large volumes are produced domestically. These sites provide a source of income for thousands of people, but the local environment (plus human health) is damaged. Due to limited state capacity there are few examples of Green States on the continent. The state needs to step in as the regulator and facilitator of e-governance. The issue of e-waste in Africa... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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