The workshop on the Prosecution of Illegal Traffic of Hazardous Wastes and Other wastes under the Basel Convention for Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Countries took place in Bratislava from 26 to 27 June 2012. It was attended by prosecutors, enforcement officers and Competent Authorities of the Basel Convention from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland and Serbia. Representatives of the IMPEL-TFS prosecutors project, the CITES Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP - DELC and OzonAction) also attended the workshop.The workshop served to improve prosecutors’ understanding of the Basel Convention provisions relating to the illegal traffic of hazardous wastes and other wastes, promote information exchange between prosecutors on environmental cases, and increase prosecutors’ awareness of existing networks of prosecutors, or stimulating the formation of new networks of prosecutors dealing with environmental matters, in particular the illegal traffic of hazardous wastes and other wastes. Participants participated in interactive sessions dealing with case studies illustrating the range of issues a prosecutor may be confronted to when prosecuting a case of illegal traffic in hazardous or other wastes. They also discussed the institutional challenges in prosecuting cases of illegal traffic of hazardous and other wastes under the Basel Convention and possible ways to overcome these challenges. The workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention with support from with the Basel Convention Regional Centre in Bratislava, Slovakia. The workshop report, presentations and photos will be available soon. --> More