China Coast Guard Bureau: 340,000 tons of sea sand illegally exploited and transported have been seized this year

2023-08-30 09:21:30

The severe situation of sand-related crimes at sea has been significantly improved by simultaneous attack and prevention, integrated linkage and comprehensive renovation.

On August 28, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference in August. Liu Dejun, a spokesman for the China Maritime Police Bureau, said that since this year, the China Maritime Police Bureau has resolutely implemented the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment, and the severe situation of sand-related crimes at sea has improved significantly. Since this year, 67 cases of illegal mining and transportation of sea sand have been seized, and 340000 tons of sea sand have been seized. On the scene of

the press conference, Liu Dejun introduced that the illegal mining of sea sand affects the safety of marine ecological environment and destroys the diversity of marine biological resources. Untreated sea sand used as building materials will bring serious quality hidden dangers to construction projects and threaten the safety of people's lives and property. Since this year, 67 cases of illegal mining and transportation of sea sand have been seized, 340,000 tons of sea sand have been seized, the number of cases has dropped dramatically, the number of cases from key sea areas has dropped to single digits, and the high incidence of illegal mining of sea sand has been effectively curbed. Strictly crack down on illegal dumping, comprehensively use the "online + offline" supervision means, strengthen the supervision of marine dumping areas, dumping ships and engineering projects, organize regular consultations with the ecological environment departments, exchange information clues in time, constantly innovate the supervision methods of maritime police agencies at all levels, and develop the reporting system of dumping ships by Fujian Maritime Police Bureau. Timely detection and investigation of illegal dumping. Since this year, 58 cases of illegal dumping have been seized, an increase of 26% over the same period last year. Strictly guard against environmental risks, keep a close eye on the potential risks of offshore oil spills, and deepen the supervision and inspection of various exploration and development activities. The Beihai Branch of the Marine Police regularly organizes centralized law enforcement patrols, inspects 206 oil exploration and development facilities, and 30 inspection platforms, and conducts on-site supervision and rectification of potential problems. Directly under the Third Bureau to deepen the normal supervision system, monthly inspection platform once, quarterly sea and air inspection once, annual special sampling inspection once, to achieve full coverage of platform supervision. Since the beginning of

this year, the China Maritime Police Bureau has resolutely implemented the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee, and the severe situation of sand-related crimes at sea has been significantly improved.

First, the joint efforts of land and sea should be carried out. For the first time, the Supreme Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security jointly deployed special rectification actions, focusing on key sea areas, important targets and key places around the various links of "mining, transportation, storage and marketing", giving full play to the com bined operational advantages of the maritime police and public security, deploying special forces to intensify the inspection of key sand source areas, tightening the provention and control of ports, wharfs and shorelines, and so on. Implement full regional coverage, full time control and full chain strike.

Second, we should focus on rectification. Regularly study and judge the situation of sand-related crimes, highlight the supervision of people, ships and projects, strengthen the supervision of the whole process of sea sand mining, port construction, waterway dredging and other projects, jointly with relevant departments to comprehensively clean up and rectify the "three nothingness" and "invisible" sand dredgers, intensify the investigation and crackdown of on-site illegal mining activities, and comprehensively enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of the crackdown.

Third, we should strengthen standardization and rectification. Jointly with the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the Summary of the Symposium on Combating Crimes Involving Sea Sand in accordance with the Law, selected and published five typical cases of illegal sand mining crimes, improved the applicable rules of law, unified the conviction and sentencing of related crimes and the standards of criminal policy, and provided legal protection for law enforcement and handling cases.

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The severe situation of sand-related crimes at sea has been significantly improved by simultaneous attack and prevention, integrated linkage and comprehensive renovation.

2023-08-30 09:21:30