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WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

WORLD CU T MS ORGANIZATION

OPERATION DEMETER

OPERATION D METER

Spring 2009

Participating countries

Participati g countries

WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices

WCO Regional I t lligence Lia son Offices

SEAPORT PROJECTS

IMPEL-TFS 2

1 - International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement. 2 - European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law - Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Cluster. The two Seaport projects (June 2003 - May 2004 and Sep. 2004 - May 2006) involved close checks of international waste shipments. 1 - Internati nal Netwo k for Environ ental Complia ce and Enforcement. 2 - Eur pean Union Network for the Implementation and Enf rcement of Environment l Law - Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Cluster. The two Seaport projects (June 20 3 - May 2004 and Sep. 20 4 - May 2006) involved lose ch cks f interna ional waste shipments.

Ports t king part in Seapor projects IMPEL TFS members

Ports taking part in Seaport projects IMPEL TFS members

Bremen

Busan

Rotterdam

Hamburg Antwerp

ASIA PACIFIC

Dalian Tianjin

Dalian

Tianjin

Qingdao

Shanghai

S nghai

Ningbo Guangzhou

Dubai

Xiamen

Kaohsiung

Shenzen

Nhava Sheva

Hongkong

H kong

Laem Chabang

Singapore

Port Klang

Tanjung Pelepas

WEST AFRICA

WEST FRICA

Indian Ocean

Major World container ports in TEU 4

Between 4 and 20 Over 20

4 - The 'Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit' refers to a 20-foot long shipping container (6.1 metres). Only ports reporting more than 4 million TEU in 2009 are shown.

4 - The 'Twenty-foot Equ val nt Unit' refers to a 20-foot long shipping container (6 1 metres). Only ports repor ing more than 4 million TEU in 2009 are shown.

Major destination areas for illicit waste shipments

Major destination areas for illicit wast shipments

Major shipping routes

erlands, Belgium and Italy, hosts of the main European harbours. Again, it is extremely difficult to assess the harm to public health and the environment caused by illegal trafficking. The risk of confusing the negative impacts due to legal or illegal traffic is high; but when significant damage occurs in relation to transboundary shipments of hazard- ous wastes, it is highly likely that illegal

trafficking is involved. This statement is without prejudice to the fact that the amount of hazardous wastes imported by developing countries might, in fact, be fairly small compared to the hazard- ous wastes generated on the spot, with certain notorious exceptions (when na- tional supply is highly dependent on the import of specific waste streams / see previous chapters).

On all these subjects, the positions held by official or institutional sources may differ from civil society reports. What everyone agrees upon, however, is the serious harm that the unsound man- agement of hazardous and even non- hazardous wastes causes to well-being and the environment.

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