January 12, 2017
Posted January 17, 2017
Two Greek shipping companies — Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and Oceanic Illsabe Limited — were sentenced to pay corporate penalties totaling $2.7 million after being convicted for obstructing justice, violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, tampering with witnesses and conspiracy. Each company was ordered to pay part of its penalty to Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary in recognition of the threat posed by illegal discharges of oily waste to the marine environment. DOJ
Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, Ocean Dumping,