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Shipping Companies Sentenced for Environmental Crimes
Two Shipping Corporations Plead Guilty and Are Sentenced in Maryland for Obstruction of Justice and Environmental Crimes; Companies Each Sentenced to Pay $1.2 Million, Including $550,000 to Benefit Chesapeake Bay.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Environmental Crimes Voluntary Disclosure Policy: Incentive for Compliance
On November 14, 2007, the United States Coast Guard issued its Environmental Crimes Voluntary Disclosure Policy (the “Policy”). The Policy, patterned on the existing policies of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Environmental Protection Agency, may provide companies a mechanism to potentially avoid prosecution by establishing a dynamic “compliance management system” and fostering a proactive atmosphere of discovery and reporting of noncompliances.
Tanker owners prosecuted for pollution in UK
At a hearing on December 2011 at Southampton Magistrates Court, the owners of a tanker were found guilty under UK maritime pollution legislation. The fine and costs amounted to a total of £95,000.
Company sentenced for oil pollution and ballast water crimes in US
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner, Commander, 7th Coast Guard District, and John Sall, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, announced the sentencing of one of the Florida’s corporation, for oil pollution and ballast water crimes.
Korean shipping company pleads guilty to environmental crimes
A Korean shipping company pled guilty on January 12, 2012 to three felonies involving environmental crimes violations.
The Company was sentenced by a federal judge in Honolulu to pay a $1.1 million dollar fine . $250,000 of which will be used to improve Hawaii’s coral reefs.
The company admitted to dumping oily bilge waste into the waters off Hawaii, and tried to cover it up by falsifying the ship’s record book.
