In a continuation of a story we wrote about in February, the Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that a Baltimore U.S. District Court Judge has awarded a whistleblower $462,500 in return for a tip that enabled the U.S. Coast Guard to catch and fine two high-volume polluters.  The companies, Efploia Shipping and Aquarosa Shipping, pled guilty [...]

The New York Times reported today that two corporations, Efploia Shipping and Aquarosa Shopping, recently pled guilty to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (“APPS”).  That U.S. law enforces certain international treaties that prohibit ships from dumping pollutants into the oceans. The government learned of the violations when, in February 2011, an [...]