3072/2025/WEB ‘The new European Environmental Crime Directive (ECD): Insights from IGAMAOT’

This webinar serves as the second of a miniseries of webinars on crime prevention by CEPOL. 

It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of environmental crime in Europe, exploring the role of the new Environmental Crime Directive (ECD) and its impact on enforcement practices. Participants will gain insights into IGAMAOT’s work in environmental crime investigation, the latest legal developments, and the practical challenges of strengthening the enforcement chain in this area.  

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: 

• understand the key provisions of the new Environmental Crime Directive (ECD);
• recognise recent legal developments in environmental crime;
• identify challenges in strengthening enforcement practices;
• explore strategies for improving collaboration in environmental crime enforcement.

EMPACT training activity

Combating new forms of organised crime requires more cooperation between police and gendarmes, customs officers, border guards, judges, and prosecutors. EU institutions, agencies and Member States work together to tackle organised and serious international crime through a permanent and key instrument: the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT).

CEPOL plays a crucial role in the EMPACT mechanism through the provision of specialised training and the identification of training needs within each common security threat. Every year, CEPOL provides a comprehensive training package for each common EU crime priority consisting of onsite, online and exchange training activities.

Check more of CEPOL's EMPACT training activities here.