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Results for organized crime (europe)
8 results foundAuthor: Kego, Walter Title: Russian Speaking Organized Crime Groups in the EU Summary: The transnational character of Russian speaking organized crime, when coupled with its high degree of sophistication and ruthlessness, has attracted the world’s attention and concern to what has become known as a global “Russian Mafia.” Along with this concern, however, has come a fair amount of misunderstanding and stereotyping with respect to this problem. The paper presents a multilateral analysis of Russian speaking organized crime groups in EU, providing a general overview of its origins, development and impact on the European society. The authors tried to explore the full magnitude of the problem, presenting the possible ways of counteracting. Details: Stockholm: Institute for Security & Development Policy, 2011. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: Stokholm Paper: Accessed April 14, 2011 at: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2011_kego-molcean_russian-speaking-organized-crime.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Europe URL: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2011_kego-molcean_russian-speaking-organized-crime.pdf Shelf Number: 121340 Keywords: Organized Crime (Europe)Russian MafiaRussian Organized Crime |
Author: Europol - European Police Office Title: EU Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA) 2011 Summary: This report’s key finding is that organised crime is changing, having become more diverse in its activities and impact on society over the last two years. Notable features of this development include greater levels of collaboration between criminal groups, greater mobility in and around the EU, a diversification of illicit activity, and a growing dependence on a dynamic infrastructure, anchored in key locations and facilitated by widespread use of the Internet, in particular. Building on the findings of the 2009 OCTA, this year’s report includes findings from three perspectives: criminal commodities, criminal groups, and their geographical areas of operation. It confirms the prevalence of five criminal hubs in the EU, highlighting the particular impact of the South-East hub and the Western Balkans region. In the drugs trade, cocaine poses an increasing threat across the EU, with new supply routes emerging, while in other criminal sectors also, especially in regard to fraud, illegal immigration, and the rapidly growing emergence of the Internet as a key facilitator for criminal activity, the changing face of organised crime carries a big impact on society. Already a key component of the European Criminal Intelligence Model (ECIM), the OCTA takes on added significance since the adoption of Council Conclusions on the creation and implementation of an EU policy cycle for organised and serious international crime. This policy cycle identifies the OCTA as the basis for the identification of EU crime priorities and, thereafter, a coherent EU response to address those priorities. Targeted law enforcement action is needed to tackle the most dangerous criminal groups operating in Europe. Details: The Hague: Europol, 2011. 38p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 19, 2011 at: http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/European_Organised_Crime_Threat_Assessment_(OCTA)/OCTA_2011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Europe URL: http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/European_Organised_Crime_Threat_Assessment_(OCTA)/OCTA_2011.pdf Shelf Number: 121765 Keywords: Drug TraffickingInternet CrimesOrganized Crime (Europe) |
Author: von Lampe, Klaus Title: Provisional Situation Report on Trafficking in Contraband Cigarettes Summary: This report provides an assessment of the cigarette black market in Northwest Europe, based on a review of open source data. It also serves to tentatively explore the possibilities for a comprehensive and meanting assessment of the organized crime situation in this particular sector. Details: Brussels: European Commission, 2005. 53p. Source: Internet Resource: Assessing Organised Crime Research Project: Accessed July 8, 2011 at: http://www.organized-crime.de/AOC-DLV18-vR3.pdf Year: 2005 Country: Europe URL: http://www.organized-crime.de/AOC-DLV18-vR3.pdf Shelf Number: 122013 Keywords: Black MarketsIllegal TobaccoOrganized Crime (Europe)Smuggling (Tobacco) |
Author: Savona, Ernesto, U. Title: IKOC - Improving Knowledge on Organised Crime to Develop a Common European approach Summary: The intention of the IKOC Project was to elaborate a methodology to measure the probability and impact of organised criminal activities. Accordingly, the goal of this Project was twofold: to update knowledge on organised crime with specific regard to 1) the organised criminal groups operating in EU Member STates (types of groups, their organisational structure, and the socio-economic and cultural framework in which they operate)., and 2) the activities they carry out in both legal and illegal markets and their related modi operandi; and to elaborate a methodology to develop a common knowledge-based European approach to organised crime and to examine its feasibility. Details: Milan, Italy: Transcrime, 2007. 545p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 6, 2011 at: http://transcrime.cs.unitn.it/tc/fso/pubblicazioni/AP/Publishable_final_activity_report-IKOC.pdf Year: 2007 Country: Europe URL: http://transcrime.cs.unitn.it/tc/fso/pubblicazioni/AP/Publishable_final_activity_report-IKOC.pdf Shelf Number: 122667 Keywords: Organized Crime (Europe) |
Author: Kego, Walter Title: Russian Organized Crime: Recent Trends in the Baltic Sea Region Summary: A new criminal landscape is emerging in Europe. A key factor behind the dramatically increasing crime levels is Russian organized crime. While these groups are often comprised of Russians, they are not based solely on eth-nicity, often members are also from former Soviet repub-lics. According to Europol, these groups are among the most dangerous criminal groups operating in Europe to-day. They are involved in every type of illegal activity and excel in exploiting new opportunities in the economic and financial sectors. They make exorbitant amounts of money from illegal activities such as money laundering, human and drug trafficking, smuggling and extortion. Their activities have grown and spread to other countries to such an extent that they pose a serious problem affect-ing all EU member states. This report documents recent trends. Details: Nacha, Sweden: Institute for Security & Development Policy, 2012. 102p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 11, 2012 at: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012_kego-molcean_russian-organized-crime-recent-trends.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012_kego-molcean_russian-organized-crime-recent-trends.pdf Shelf Number: 124923 Keywords: Drug TraffickingExtortionMoney LaunderingOrganized Crime (Europe)Russian Organized CrimeSmuggling |
Author: European Parliament. Directorate-General for Internal Policies. Policy Department C: Citizzen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs Title: Europe’s Crime-Terror Nexus: Links Between Terrorist and Organised Crime Groups in the European Union Summary: The study presents a qualitative analysis of the linkages between Organised Crime (OC) and terrorism with specific reference to the European Union. A conceptual basis of the links between OC and terrorism is outlined, and systematically used to identify how these two phenomena come together in the European theatre. The study also considers developments regarding the relationship between OC and terrorism in regions outside the E.U., that have a direct impact on how the nexus is evolving in E.U. member-states. It reveals that certain linkages between OC and terrorism exist in the E.U. Trends suggest that these linkages will continue to develop. The study concludes by assessing the impact of OC-terrorism linkages on the E.U., and providing recommendations on how to address it. It points out that the effective fight against OC and terrorism depends on an integrated approach that involves all stakeholders at both national and E.U. levels. Details: Brussels: European Parliment, 2012. 65p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 27, 2012 at: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/nov/ep-study-crime-terrorism.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/nov/ep-study-crime-terrorism.pdf Shelf Number: 127010 Keywords: Crime-Terror NexusOrganized Crime (Europe)TerrorismTerrorists |
Author: Forte, Roberto, ed. Title: Organised Crime and the Fight Against Crime in the Western Balkans: a Comparison with the Italian Models and Practices. General overview and perspectives for the future Summary: The project SAPUCCA (Sharing Alternative Practices for the Utilisation of Confiscated Criminal Assets), co-funded by the European Commission's Programme "ISEC 2009 - DG Home Affairs", is aimed at encouraging, promoting and elaborating methods and tools to prevent and fight organised crime, and at experimenting good practices for the re-use of assets confiscated to criminal organisations for social and institutional purposes. As the foremost output of the project, the Policy paper "Organised Crime and the Fight Against Crime in the Western Balkans: a Comparison with the Italian Models and Practices. General overview and perspectives for the future" has been published. The authors are Natale Argiro, Mauro Baldascino, Mario Battello, Atanas Rusev, Luigi Gay, Dafne Papandrea and Domenico Zinzi, and the paper is edited by Roberto Forte. The document offers an overview of the situation of organised crime in the Western Balkans in general and in individual Countries -- Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro -- as well as a focus on the recent legislation on the recovery and management of criminal assets in Bulgaria, used as a term of confrontation with the consolidated approach applied in Italy to such issues. It offers as well a study on the extensibility of the Italian model in Europe, and a feasibility analysis on the extension of the model to the Western Balkans. Details: Rome?: SAPUCCA: Sharing Alternative Practices for the Utilization of Confiscated Criminal Assets, 2013. 88p. Source: Internet Resource: Policy Paper: Accessed September 9, 2014 at: http://flarenetwork.org/documents/Sapucca-pubbl-final.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Europe URL: http://flarenetwork.org/documents/Sapucca-pubbl-final.pdf Shelf Number: 133189 Keywords: Asset ForfeitureMoney LaunderingOrganized Crime (Europe) |
Author: European Parliament. Directorate-General for Internal Policies. Policy Department C Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs Title: The Economic, Financial and Social Impacts of Organised Crime in the EU Summary: The aim of the study is to generate a best estimate for the economic, financial and social costs of organised crime in and against the EU and to inform an evidence-based understanding of the associated issues. As so much uncertainty and known intra-EU and inter-crime variation exist, the study refrains from trying to create an aggregate figure for the costs of organised crime and responses to it in the EU as a whole and, instead, where possible, produces estimates for selected offenses. The study underlines that measuring the costs of organised crime is still at an early stage of development and that there is a clear need for more cross-border data matching and investigation in order to improve the quality of the evidence basis for European law enforcement agencies and their effectiveness in fighting organised crime. Details: Brussels: European Union, 2113. 86p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 16, 2014 at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/493018/IPOL-JOIN_ET(2013)493018_EN.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Europe URL: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/493018/IPOL-JOIN_ET(2013)493018_EN.pdf Shelf Number: 133727 Keywords: Costs of CrimeEconomics of CrimeOrganized Crime (Europe) |