Discuss three types of green crime

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Green crime can take many forms, ranging from deforestation and illegal logging to illegal fishing. In illegal dumping, some green collar criminals want to skirt local, state, and federal restrictions on dumping dangerous substances in the environment. One of the largest and fastest growing problems is the disposal of 7 million tons of obsolete high-tech electronics, called e-waste, such as televisions, computers and computer monitors, laptops, videocassette recorders (VCRs), and so on. Another type of green crime is criminal environmental pollution that is defined as the intentional or negligent discharge of a toxic or contaminating substance into the biosystem that is known to have an adverse effect on the natural environment or life. Individuals and companies may commit illegal polluting to save processing and dumping fees, thereby adding to their profits. Illegal fishing is also a type of green crime. It involves the unlicensed and illegal fishing practices that can involve large-scale companies and factory ships operating on the high seas that catch thousands of tons of fish on each voyage, to smaller, locally operating ships that confine themselves to national waters. Illegal fishing occurs when these ships sign on to their home nation's rules and then choose to ignore their scope and boundary, or operate in a country's waters without permission, or on the high seas without a flag.