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… 2 (1) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 1673 UNTS 126; 28 ILM 657 (1989), entry into force: 5 May 1992. 7 disposal, given the need for appropriate treatment of the product, especially when in a hazardous or toxic form.4 Waste is that is part of our day-to-day lives, a component of most production. In economic terms waste transport and disposal are services having an inelastic demand: regardless of the fluctuation of the price of … are often used where the activities undertaken by the OCGs can be carried out on the legal market - like in the case of waste trafficking- and through these OCGs have the possibility of dominating such markets. LBSs allow OCGs to create a façade of legitimacy and to make profit through complex activities.12 v Corrupt public officials - An important factor cited by EUROPOL as contributing to waste trafficking is corruption: in crimes such as this, local administrations are often aware of and/or … creation of databases, specific training and development of good practices.177 Furthermore, in the course of a strategic meeting organised by the European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE) and EUROJUST at the end of 2013, the workshop dedicated to the problem of illegal trafficking in waste led to the identification of a number of obstacles to its effective contrast. First among these were differing definitions and interpretations of the existing EU framework in terms of …