Railway between China and EU - challenges for Transport Police Cover Image

Calea ferată dintre China şi UE - provocări pentru Poliţia Transporturi
Railway between China and EU - challenges for Transport Police

Author(s): George-Marius Ţical, Lucian GRĂJDEANU
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Editura Universităţii George Bacovia din Bacău România
Keywords: railway; railway infrastructure; criminality; smuggling; transport police;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to create awareness about the challenges related to the improved rail connection, both in terms of travel time and reliability, between China and Europe that Transport Police have to face in terms of criminality. The number of freight trains and the volume of loads transported from Asia to Europe are growing continuously, generating risks for the security of the European Union member states produced by the criminal groups or individuals looking to seize the chance to smuggle illicit commodities. Addressed not only to the law enforcement agencies, but in the same time to the railway companies and their employees, this editorial is intended to raise a question mark in the context of feeble balance of economic interest in report with the needs for security - from social, financial and health point of view - of the European Union member states.

  • Issue Year: IX/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 151-181
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: English, Romanian