Spain busts smuggling ring selling polluting gases on black market

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Law enforcement agents seized 110 tonnes of fluorinated greenhouse gases which have the most long-lasting type of planet-warming emissions

Spanish authorities have arrested 27 suspects across Spain and dismantled a crime ring that smuggled and sold highly polluting gases used in fridges and air conditioners, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.

Fluorinated greenhouse gases represent the most long-lasting type of planet-warming emissions and while the European Union has been working to phase them out, they are still used to refill older equipment, which has sparked a black market trade.

 

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