Minister Cheng Mingqian took a group photo with the award-winning Taichung and Qiaotou prefectural inspection teams. (Provided by the High People’s Procuratorate)
In the past three years, the High People's Procuratorate has launched four nationwide investigation projects, integrating inspection, police, investigation, environmental, forestry and other agencies, and introducing AI technology for law enforcement. It has successfully dismantled environmental criminal groups across 12 counties and cities, seized pollution sources in water source areas, and intercepted illegal exports at national borders. The High Prosecutor's Office held a Golden Circle Award Ceremony today to commend eight outstanding case-handling teams. Minister of Justice Zheng Mingqian affirmed the results of the investigation and emphasized that environmental law enforcement must take into account both prevention and traceability.
The High Prosecutor's Office pointed out that in order to make huge profits, a small number of illegal groups dumped waste indiscriminately, destroyed the mountain and forest ecology, and seriously affected people's health and homeland security. It will work with the National Police Service, Environmental Management Agency, Forestry Conservation Service, Investigation Bureau and other units to continue to promote nationwide investigations and crack down on many major land and environmental protection cases, and seize criminal proceeds and illegal tools in accordance with the law.
The High Prosecutor's Office stated that it implements the "Procuratorate's Action Plan for Investigating Land Conservation and Environmental Protection Crimes" with the three core cores of "technological smart law enforcement", "thorough investigation and seizure of illegal gains" and "fully urging the subjects to return to their original status". During the investigation of the case, prosecutors also continued to strictly control the progress of the restoration, requiring the vandals to take responsibility and implement environmental restoration.
Zheng Mingqian mentioned that in the face of diverse crime patterns such as excessive reclamation of forests and arbitrary disposal of hazardous waste, all law enforcement agencies must work together to protect the land. He affirmed that the High People's Procuratorate has launched four projects in the past three years. Through cross-department integration and the introduction of AI technology, it has dismantled cross-county and city environmental criminal groups, traced the sources of pollution in water source areas, and intercepted illegal exports, allowing environmental law enforcement to attack on a case-by-case basis and further take into account prevention and traceability.
This time, eight teams were selected based on their performance in investigating land and environmental crimes in the past three years, including the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office, the Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office, the North and Central District Environmental Management Centers of the Environmental Management Department, the North District Squadron of the Third Brigade of the Seventh Security Corps, and the Fifth Brigade Taiwan. The Central Detachment, the Mobile Station Investigation Team of the New Taipei City Investigation Division of the Bureau of Investigation, and the Taipingshan Work Station of the Yilan Branch of the Forestry Conservation Service. The High Prosecutor's Office emphasized that it will continue to deepen cross-departmental cooperation in the future, combine scientific and technological law enforcement, trace illegal gains, and supervise environmental restoration.
The "115th Golden Circle Award Ceremony and the National Commendation Conference for Outstanding Teams in the Investigation of Land Conservation and Environmental Crimes" was held today at the Ministry of Environment. It was jointly organized by the High People's Procuratorate, the Environmental Management Agency of the Ministry of Environment, the Police Service of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Forestry and Nature Conservation Service of the Ministry of Agriculture. Zheng Mingqian and Environment Minister Peng Qiming attended the awards and delivered speeches. Prosecutor General Zhang Douhui of the High People's Procuratorate, Director of Investigation Chen Baili and others were also present.
The "115th Golden Circle Awards Ceremony and the National Commendation Conference for Outstanding Teams in the Investigation of Land Conservation and Environmental Crimes" was held today at the Ministry of Environment. It was jointly organized by the High People's Procuratorate, the Environmental Management Agency of the Ministry of Environment, the National Police Service, and the Forestry and Nature Conservation Service of the Ministry of Agriculture. (Provided by the High People’s Procuratorate)
