Review article
The State and Trends of Environmental Crime in the Republic of Croatia
Mirjana Kondor-Langer
; Visoka policijska škola, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the state and trends of environmental crime in the Republic of Croatia in the period from 2013 to 2019. In order to analyze the situation and trends of criminal offenses against the environment, statistical data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Central Bureau of Statistics are considered - for reported, accused and convicted adult and juvenile perpetrators of criminal offenses against the environment. Given that the Criminal Code, de lege lata, entered into force in 2013 and it contains particular changes and amendments, related to criminal offenses against the environment - the statistics of the Ministry of Interior and the Central Bureau of Statistics for the period from 2013 to 2019 are analyzed. It is evident from the analyzed data that the perpetrators of criminal offenses against the environment gain great material benefits, i.e. cause great damage to the environment, which is not immediately evident in some criminal offenses. Also, if we compare individual data of the Ministry of Interior and the Central Bureau of Statistics, it can be concluded that each stakeholder engaged in a particular segment of the fight against environmental crime collects and records data that are of their predominant interest, which actually leads to partial and non-uniform record-keeping of these crimes. To allow better insight into the state and trends of environmental crime, at the national level is necessary to create unique statistical database for these crimes. Furthermore, given that these offenses are relatively complex and specific, and they require a multidisciplinary approach - it is necessary to train a number of police officers and state attorneys in the Ministry of the Interior and public prosecutors’ offices to deal exclusively with criminal offenses against environment.
Keywords
state and trends, features, environmental crime
Hrčak ID:
258206
URI
Publication date:
14.6.2021.
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