USKLAĐIVANjA KRIVIČNOPRAVNOG ZAKONODAVSTVA REPUBLIKE SRBIJE SA PRAVOM EVROPSKE UNIJE U OBLASTI ZAŠTITE ŽIVOTNE SREDINE

Bjelajac Željko (Правни факултет за привреду и правосуђе у Новом Саду), zdjbjelajac@gmail.com
Dragojlović Joko (Универзитет Привредна академија у Новом Саду), jokodragojlovic@yahoo.com

We live in a time in which there is constant progress in technology that contributes to higher labor productivity and more efficient utilization of existing capacities and natural resources. However, there are also big threats to the environment and that is the main reason why environmental protection recently has been increasingly actualized. Environmental endangerment through the variety of illegal acts is a major problem of modern society. In recent years, criminal – law protection of the environment considerably expanded because the number of acts which it threatens increased several times. In addition, this type of crime is particularly susceptible to the expansive development because of the possibility of achieving high profits with minimal risk of detection and prosecution, especially when it comes to criminal acts with elements of the transnational organized crime. For this reason, the authors will first make a reference to the ecological crime, and then will analyze the regulations of the European Union relating to the criminal law framework for the protection of the environment, as well as national regulations related to that matter. At the end of the paper, the point will be on the importance of establishing European standards in the protection of the environment through criminal law.

Ključne reči: ecological crime, the environment, protection of the environment through criminal law, EU- standards