POLLUTION, illegal logging and wildlife smuggling are now parts of a multibillion-dollar international crime problem almost as lucrative as the drugs and illegal arms trades, a report says.The prevalence of the latest electronic gadgets and the proposed introduction of emissions trading schemes would provide scope for the further involvement of organised crime in what is broadly labelled environmental crime, it warns.
Nevertheless, environmental crime is traditionally 'not viewed with the same moral repugnance' as property or personal crime - perhaps because it is perceived as victimless or does not always have immediate consequences, the report by the Australian Institute of Criminology warns.
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