Illegal ocean dumping persists despite DOJ crackdown

By Ronnie Greene

Federal prosecutors target dumping on the high seas, which taints global waterways with oil and other contaminants.

Excerpts from this story referencing "waste oil":

"… obation. “The oceans must be protected from being used as dump sites for waste oil or other hazardous substances,” said Maureen O’Mara, special agent-in- …"

"… tion inspector that the ship’s chief engineer had ordered the dumping of waste oil overboard through a bypass hose.“We are asking help to any authorities c …"

"… Guard, and its inspectors found the magic pipe: A bypass hose that dumped waste oil overboard.Fish, the Coast Guard captain, said the cases are emerging amid …"