England's Environment Agency says 'networks of career criminals' are increasingly getting involved in illegal dumping.
NEAR WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England — An old toilet and a rusty kitchen sink sit amid a massive heap of junk covering the floor of an ancient beech forest.
"They are not specialized waste crime criminals," North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan told NBC News."They are largely organized criminals looking at ways in which they can make and launder money. This is another string to their bow, if you like.” Trenches have been built around some properties, while others resort to installing reinforced gates and surveillance cameras or blocking access routes with slabs of concrete.At Brocket Hall, bluebells have bloomed around the garbage. A moat will be dug around the area once the waste is cleared.Michael Longshaw is the managing director of the Brocket Hall Estate.Because of the huge profits and light penalties, the head of the Environment Agency has called waste crime the"new narcotics.
Brocket Hall Estate employee Andrew Scott surveys the junk he discovered last year. "It's disgusting," he said. "I still have no idea if it happens again, how we are going to stop it. It’s a nightmare."They pocket the entire fee and leave landowners with hefty bills to remove the junk.
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