Does the name, Albania Deleon ring a bell?    A former owner of an asbestos training school, she was convicted of providing workers fraudulent training certificates and then profiting from their work.  And, she was one example mentioned in my When Good Training Goes Bad post.  Well, Ms. Deleon is in the news again, this time for failing to appear at her sentencing hearing.  Her whereabouts are unknown but her poster is now prominently featured on US EPA’s Most Wanted site.  You will find her along with 20 or so assorted fugitives from environmental justice.    I particularly enjoyed reading up on the bad guys whose mug shots were stamped with the word, "CAPTURED" in big red letters.... 

While you are there, I encourage you to peruse the EPA Enforcement site and the links to the Civil, Cleanup and Criminal enforcement pages. These pages are loaded with news, case histories, policy and guidance. You will find this information quite useful as an environmental professional looking to expand your knowledge base.  During training classes I am often asked about the likelihood of regulatory enforcement related to a particular environmental condition.  One research method I suggest is to search federal, state and local agency sites for write-ups and statistics on past enforcement actions for that condition.  This quote from humorist Sam Levenson says it all, “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”