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Now who, in their right mind, would want to steal emissions allowances? What would you do with them? Who would you sell them to? You might well ask: but the upshot is that, over a few months in 2010 and 2011 they did: in several incidents at different registries in different European states.
Now who, in their right mind, would want to steal emissions allowances? What would you do with them? Who would you sell them to? You might well ask: but the upshot is that, over a few months in 2010 and 2011 they did: in several incidents at different registries in different European states.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Allowances stolen via registry hacks (late 2010/ early 2011)
|-
! National registry !! Allowances stolen !! Holder !! Date !! Recovered? !! Nicker’s location
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| Romania ||1,600,000 ||Holcim|| 16th November 2010 ||600,000 || Lichtenstein
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| Italy ||267,911 ||TCEI ||24th November 2010 ||unknown || unknown
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| Austria ||488,141 ||Austrian government account||10th January 2011 ||488,141 || Lichtenstein and Sweden
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| Czech Republic ||950,000 ||Blackstone Global Ventures;  CEZ ||18th January 2011 ||225,001 || Estonia
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| Greece ||300,000 ||Halyps ||18th January 2011 ||unknown || unknown
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|}

Revision as of 13:57, 13 July 2023

A strange artefact of all the carbon emissions allowances master trading documentation is their obsession with theft. What should happen if your emission allowances are, for want of a better word, nicked.

Now who, in their right mind, would want to steal emissions allowances? What would you do with them? Who would you sell them to? You might well ask: but the upshot is that, over a few months in 2010 and 2011 they did: in several incidents at different registries in different European states.

Allowances stolen via registry hacks (late 2010/ early 2011)
National registry Allowances stolen Holder Date Recovered? Nicker’s location
Romania 1,600,000 Holcim 16th November 2010 600,000 Lichtenstein
Italy 267,911 TCEI 24th November 2010 unknown unknown
Austria 488,141 Austrian government account 10th January 2011 488,141 Lichtenstein and Sweden
Czech Republic 950,000 Blackstone Global Ventures; CEZ 18th January 2011 225,001 Estonia
Greece 300,000 Halyps 18th January 2011 unknown unknown