A coordinated operation of checks on waste treatment and recycling facilities for electrical and electronic equipment was carried out yesterday by members of the Police, in cooperation with officers of the Department of the Environment, within the framework of the Joint Days of Action project, the EMPACT programme of the European Union and Europol, to tackle organised, cross-border crime.
The operation was carried out with the aim of tackling environmental crime and the illegal trafficking of recycled electrical and electronic equipment, which after processing in recycling plants, is exported to foreign countries. During the operation, four waste treatment and recycling facilities for cars and metals were checked in Limassol province.
Irregularities and deficiencies were found in one of the premises in relation to the treatment of copper waste and the burning of cables, with the result that the officials of the Department of the Environment proceeded to issue an out-of-court fine to the Directorate of the premises, for the amount of EUR 2,000. In the other three premises, it was found that waste management was carried out normally, but one of them did not have a permit for the treatment of computer waste.
During the inspection of the workers in the four premises, it was found that three persons, third-country nationals, were working illegally in one of them, in breach of the conditions of their temporary residence permit in the Republic. A case of illegal employment and illegal employment is being investigated against the three, as well as their employer, respectively, with the Polemidi Police Station continuing the examinations.
Yesterday's operation was carried out by the Crime Detection Department – TD (Operations), Police Headquarters and the Immigration and Immigration Service – YAM, the Limassol Police Directorate, in coordination with the Department of the Environment.
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