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Preventing 20,000,000 Tons of Oil from Being Illegally Dumped in the Ocean.

After advocacy work in Europe on pollution from ships, Oceana is very pleased that a new law was passed by the European Union that imposes criminal sanctions, including heavy fines and even jail terms, for the owners, operators and financiers of boats that illegally dump oily waters and residues into the sea. The new law could prevent as much as 20 000 000 tonnes of these polluting substances from getting into the ocean every year – the single biggest reduction in oil pollution in decades, anywhere in the world.