Promoting a consistent approach to prosecuting environmental crimes across Europe. 

FOUR NETWORKS CONFERENCE - CO-OPERATION IN STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT; 28-29 SEPTEMBER 2023
ENPE supports democracy and the rule of law. We support the Ukrainian people in resisting an assault on their national sovereignty.
The president, Mrs Anne Brosnan tells about ENPE
Waste Webinar
Successful ENPE and EUROJUST conference in The Hague addresses the rise in cross-border environmental crime
LIFE-ENPE waste crime and air pollution Working Group workshops, Nicosia, Cyprus 28-29 March 2019
2018 ENPE conference, Heraklion, Crete
LIFE-ENPE Project Wildlife Crime Working Group Workshop for Government Prosecutors on the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean Region Segovia, Spain, May 9-11, 2018
2017 EU Environmental Crime Enforcement Conference, Magdalen College, Oxford, UK
Prosecution for killing critically endangered birds
Landmark Irish prosecution €20 million fine
Wildife Crime

Wildlife Crime

A working group exploring the major issues of interpretation, practical application, evidence gathering and quantification of damage to the environment that hinder efficient and effective prosecution...

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Waste Crime

Waste Crime

A working group exploring the major causes of non-compliance with the Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006) and the issues these create for efficient and effective prosecution and adjudication.

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Air Pollution

Air Pollution

The Air Pollution working group was set up to explore the various issues experienced by prosecutors arising from non-compliance with industrial emissions and major accident hazard laws across Europe.

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Cross-Cutting

Cross-Cutting

The Sanctioning, Prosecution and Judicial Practice working group is building on recent studies into the range of criminal and administrative enforcement responses in use throughout Europe.

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Recent Articles

Four Networks Conference Statement 03 October 2023

This conference builds on the success of the last 4 Networks online event – Together in the fight against environmental crime in 2021 as well as the two previous conferences held in person in Oxford in 2017 and Utrecht in 2016. Environmental crime is the fourth largest criminal activity in the world and we note, at a global level, the progressive worsening of the situation, as recorded in reports from many institutions.

ENPE 10-year anniversary event 29-30 September 2022, The Hague, Netherlands

The European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment, ENPE was established as an informal network of prosecutors in September 2012, in Brussels, Belgium with 8 members representing prosecuting organisations from 7 different European countries. Since then, we have enjoyed steady but significant growth, including expansion beyond Europe to include member organisations from Latin America and North Africa, to become a registered international non-profit association with 51 organisation and individual members, representing 32 different countries.

ENPE Background

In September 2012, in Brussels, representatives from prosecuting bodies in seven European countries came together to establish the European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE). The meeting was attended by representatives from the Environment Agency for England, and from similar bodies in Sweden, France, Belgium, Ireland and Germany.

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Become a Member

This website is designed to increase collaboration between environmental prosecutors and to improve the way environmental crime is prosecuted across Europe. Membership is open to any organisation involved in prosecuting environmental crime across Europe. Please follow the link below to learn more about how you can gain access to this resource.

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