Inter-American Security Observatory

Acts that cause environmental pollution or degradation (ICCS 1001)

Acts that result in the pollution of the natural environment.
INCLUSIONS: Air, water, soil pollution; pollution through noise, vibrations, heat, light or radiation;
dangerous, nuclear and chemical substance offences
EXCLUSIONS: Pollution or degradation through the illegal movement or dumping of waste (1002); litter offences (0801); wilful destruction, damage, or defacement inflicted upon public or private property (0504)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, at minimum, is the environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species
AIR POLLUTION is the direct or indirect contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere (World Health Organization. Air Pollution. Web: https://www.who.int/airpollution/en/)
WATER POLLUTION is the direct or indirect introduction of substances or energy into a body of water, water utilities or marine environment (including estuaries), resulting in harm to living resources, hazards to human health, hindrances to marine activities including fishing, impairment of the quality of sea water and reduction of amenities (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Marine Pollution. Web: https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=1596)
SOIL POLLUTION, at minimum, is the direct or indirect contamination of soil by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the soil.

[Source:International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p. 89, including footnotes 135 to 138]

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