Report on Environmental Crime in Europe

The Intelligence Project on Environmental Crime (IPEC) was launched by the Environmental Crime Network (EnviCrimeNet) and Europol in May 2014. The project's objective is to gain a better knowledge on the types of environmental crimes impacting on EU Member States (MS), their extent, and the obstacles which exist to fight these crimes. The project also aimed at identifying the involvement of organised crime groups (OCGs) and threats to the EU and at developing recommendations on how to improve the situation.