Illegal Ocean dumping persists despite DOJ crackdown:

Over the past 10 years, a Justice Department report shows, the Vessel Pollution Program has triggered more than $200 million in fines and 17 years in prison for ship officers and executives for deliberately dumping waste overboard and trying to hide their crimes.

http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/03/30/8558/illegal-ocean-dumping-persists-despite-doj-crackdown