ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY - CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THREAT
ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY - CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THREAT

Summary/Abstract: CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AN UNPRECEDENTED EXACERBATION OF THE NEW, INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND OFFENSIVE FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME, WHICH CREATES SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF TRADITIONAL MEANS. ORGANIZED CRIME HAS ALREADY BECOME THE MAIN ENEMY OF THE STABILITY OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY EQUATION, PART OF THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON CALLED MARY KALDOR'S THE "NEW WAR".1 IN THE MODERN SOCIETY, THE ORGANIZED CRIME KNOWS A PERMANENT EXPANSION OF THE VARIETY OF WAYS OF MANIFESTATION, AIMING TO MAXIMIZE THE PROFIT OBTAINED FROM THE CONDUCTED, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING BY THE "RECYCLING" OF THE OBTAINED FUNDS, USING ALL THE POSSIBLLITIES TO REMOVE THE OBSTACLES THAT ARE IN THE WAY, THE ULTIMATE GOAL BEING THE ACQUISITION OF INFLUENCE AND POWER AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL. ANALYZING THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY, THE AUTHORS ADDRESS SOME KEY POINTS: ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY REPRESENTS A MAJOR RISK TO MODERN HUMAN SOCIETY; THE PHENOMENON OF ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED EVOLUTION AND DIVERSIFICATION, AS WELL AS A GROWING SPECIALIZATION, BOTH IN THE SO-CALLED "TRADITIONAL" CRIMINAL FIELDS (SUCH AS DRUG TRAFFICKING, ILLEGAL MIGRATION, THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN BEINGS, ETC.) , AS WELL AS IN DIRECTIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED AN "EXPLOSION" IN THE RELATIVELY RECENT PERIOD (CYBERCRIME, TERRORISM); THE NEED TO PERMANENTLY ADAPT THE CRIMINAL LAW, TO THE MEANS AND METHODS OF KNOWING, PREVENTING AND COUNTERACTING THE PHENOMENON OF ORGANIZED CRIME, USED BY THE INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFENSE OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND ORDER.

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