Bucharest, 19 May 2023
High Inspector of Justice, Mr. Artur Metani participated in the study program, part of the CEPEJ project of the European Commission, “Cooperation for Environmental Protection through Justice Inspection Services”, in Bucharest.
The event is in the framework of the activities of the European Justice Inspection Service Network (RESIJ), part of which is the Office of the High Inspector of Justice with observer status.
The participants from the Inspectorates of Justice of France, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Albania were welcomed by the High Inspector of Justice of Romania Mrs. Roxana Ioana Petcu and became acquainted with the Romanian experience in the fight against environmental crime.
Heads of the courts and prosecution offices, judges and prosecutors, the head of national environmental guard, the border police, the ministry of the environment, the environmental protection agency (EMAS section), the World Wide Fund for Nature in Romania, lecturers and inspectors of justice presented the legal framework, problems, criminal investigation and challenges of Romania in the fight against environmental crime on land and at sea.
The participants also had a meeting with the President of the Supreme Judicial Council and a working visit to the Judicial Inspectorate of Romania
