ABSTRACT
The phenomenon of environmental crime is increasingly common at both the national and the international level. Illegal trade in, and disposal of, hazardous waste has spread world-wide. Illegal logging is not confined to high-profile cases such as the Amazon Basin, but is also widespread in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It has been estimated that up to one half of all logging in Siberia is illegal (Brack et al., 2002). Illegal mining of everything from coal to precious metals flourishes throughout both the developing and the developed world.
