Implementation of criminal sanctions against plantation corporation for environmental pollution

Abstract

Abstract Environmental problems that occur are increasing every year, both water and air pollution. Not only human activities in the household but also due to industrial activities. One of them is in the plantation sector. Poor management of waste in the plantation industry causes environmental pollution. People who live around the plantation area are very disadvantaged. So, in this case, criminal law gives sanctions to the plantation industry corporation for deterrent effects. The problem in this study is criminal penalties against plantation companies do environmental pollution. The research method used in this study is normative juridical. This research is descriptive-analytical, which is expected to obtain a detailed and systematic description to answer the problem. The results of the study show that the sanctions given to the perpetrators of criminal acts of environmental pollution must be in the form of strict law enforcement. So that criminal law becomes the foremost law in expressing legal issues.