The 2nd Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) decided, by a majority, that the seizure and the final loss of machinery used in environmental crime are independent of the demonstration of the owner's bad faith. For the collegiate, Article 25 of Law 9.605/1998 (Law of Environmental Crimes) determines the seizure of the instrument of the offence whenever proven the practice of the illicit, without requiring the analysis of the conduct of t…
The 2nd Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) decided, by a majority, that the seizure and the final loss of machinery used in environmental crime are independent of the demonstration of the owner's bad faith. For the collegiate, Article 25 of Law 9.605/1998 (Law of Environmental Crimes) determines the seizure of the instrument of the offence whenever proven the practice of the illicit, without requiring the analysis of the conduct of t…