FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ORGANISED CRIME AND METHODS FOR FIGHTING THEM
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ORGANISED CRIME AND METHODS FOR FIGHTING THEM

Summary/Abstract: Organized crime has become an extremely serious phenomenon, being widely spread worldwide, fact that has lead to an increased preoccupation from the national states and the international organizations for searching and finding legal and efficient solutions for fighting it, by using optimum strategies. At communitarian level, conventions have been concluded, according to which the member states are required to take those measures necessary for achieving a real cooperation between them and to turn to a series of investigation techniques and legal assistance techniques in criminal domain, so that to be able to fight this phenomenon successfully. At the same time, through the Treaties of the European Union, important responsibilities have been assigned to some of its institutions in this fight against organized crime and new institutions have been created with roles in it, institutions which shall support and work with the competent bodies from the EU member states. The organized crime phenomenon, its contributing factors and also a series of methods for fighting it, observed worldwide and at community level, are presented in this study.

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