There is a Civil Guard He investigated four people A company in the Murcia municipality of Lorquí has been sued for fraud and forgery of documents for storing more than six tonnes of bio-sanitary waste deemed hazardous, coming from multiple locations. 130 dental and veterinary clinics and tattoo centers from their provinces Alicante, Murcia and Albacete.
Six tonnes of waste were immobilized and the company, whose manager was among those investigated, lacked administrative authority to manage this material, which included sharp objects such as syringes and other medical supplies.
The operation, called “fake manager”, was carried out by agents of the Nature Conservation Service of the Civil Guard of Murcia (Seprona). Complaint from hazardous waste manager warned of an incident related to the collection and treatment of waste.
According to the complaint, a person in charge of the dental clinic had made a request to the waste management company. evidence to prove that their hazardous waste has entered the management centres. The waste was collected from the business premises by a commercial waste transport company, from which it was verified that: He had no commercial relationship. For this reason, the last manager could not prepare the requested control and monitoring documents (DCS), which were allegedly falsified, and as a result, economic and credibility losses were experienced in the sector.
Cash payment
The waste transportation company collects the cost of the services provided in cash, so waste production centers They were unable to provide data on the individuals who carried out the collections. Likewise, since the company was owned by two individuals who blamed each other, the author of the events initially reported could not be identified.
The Civil Guard then began reporting the facts to the police. Murcia General Directorate of Environment, Due to the corruption detected in the management of hazardous waste, many administrative sanction cases were filed against the commercial transportation company for not reporting where the hazardous waste was delivered.
Meanwhile, Seprona continued the open investigation and was identified in one incident. Routine examination at a veterinary clinic in Molina de Segura Hazardous waste control and monitoring documents state that the company linked to the previous investigation has resumed operations.
Civil guards carefully examined the documents and found that the company that appeared to be the last manager to whom the waste should be delivered, I did not receive the products of the shipping company. In this case, it was possible to verify the recipients of payments for the so-called collection and management services of hazardous bio-sanitary waste (cutting and sharps) delivered by production centers.
According to the information provided by the Civil Guard, the company subject to investigation started its activities by establishing connections with centers producing such hazardous waste on the grounds that it should be delivered in accordance with the legislation. Hazardous waste vehicle company offers its services Web page and after the collection contract was signed, transporters belonging to the investigated company passed by the businesses to make the collection. Containers with a capacity of approximately five kilograms, We continue our service by delivering others that are full of waste and in the same empty condition.
Payment for these services was usually made in cash, but then by transfer to a bank account, where the owner had no management position in the company, only an hourly employment contract.
It was claimed that the data of the company appearing as the last manager was falsified in the control and monitoring documents regarding the managed waste, that this waste was not delivered and that the expenses related to these services were not paid. The managers of the studied company allocated the final waste management quantities and these were accumulated and accumulated.
Accumulation of hazardous waste
Seprona investigators found the headquarters of the waste transport company in the Murcia municipality of Lorquí. There they found a fenced area where they examined and found more than 100 items. 6,000 kilograms of kitchenware from veterinarians, dental clinics and tattoo centersIt was immobilized at the disposal of the General Directorate for the Environment (CARM) of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.
After all the evidence regarding the events was collected, the Civil Guard identified and investigated four people connected to the company. document falsification and fraud. This consisted of a single manager, an employee and two haulers responsible for the collection of waste.
Affected
From verified facts, Official Dentists and Veterinary Colleges of the Region of Murcia, Distribution among members so that they can present their claims as aggrieved parties.
Civil guards leading the investigation have so far confirmed approximately thirty clinics affected by these alleged illegal activities, but the number of companies affected is estimated to be well over a hundred in the Region of Murcia and the provinces of Murcia. and Alicante.