Maria BantiDG ENVIRONMENT

The Countering WEEE Illegal Trade (CWIT) Project

CWIT Final Conference25-26 June 2015

Lyon, France

The CWIT project

Type of Project 7th Framework Program

Duration of the project 2 years

Starting date September 2013

Project partners International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL, FR)United Nations University (UNU, JP)Zanasi & Partners (ZP, IT)Compliance & risks Ltd (C2P, IE)Cross Border research association (CBRA, CH)United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI, IT)WEEE Forum (BE)

Project Coordinator INTERPOL

The activities of the CWIT project

• understanding the involvement of organized crime in the global distribution of WEEE;

• analyzing criminal activity and crime types associated with illegal WEEE shipments,

• drawing on other work being carried out targeting illegal WEEE exports on an international scale;

• estimating the true volume of WEEE generated and the amounts inappropriately disposed of;

• assessing the typology of companies (and brokers) involved in the export market and identifying those with a criminal history;

• developing detailed understanding of the destinations and routes used to carry illegal shipments, to possibly enable contacts with regulators and enforcers in destination countries.

The CWIT project

• This action is expected to identify and propose potential solutions based on a thorough analysis of:

• • hurdles and challenges at the source (including the role of local waste sites in the illegal export of electric and electronic equipment waste (WEEE)),

• • judicial bottlenecks and strategies for improvement of enforcement.

The CWIT project

• The challenges relate to the assessment of illegal activities and the present lack of data, and impact should be measured against such background.

The CWIT project- Expected results

The action is expected to support intelligence-led policing and advance collective knowledge about crime, organised crime and associated risks. It is expected to benefit and support to different EU policies, including:

•Implementation of the Waste Shipment Regulation•Implementation of the EU Communication on “Tackling the Challenges in Commodity Markets and Raw Materials”•Implementation of the WEEE directive, with regard to collection and recycling targets •Generally support to EU 2020 objectives with regard to energy efficiency and resource efficiency.

• For more information: • Commission's WEEE web-site:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm

• • Contact Details:• Maria Banti • Maria.BANTI@ec.europa.eu 

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