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Čvorović, Dragana. "Suppression of organized crime and Serbia's accession to the European Union." Bezbednost, Beograd 64, no. 1 (2022): 5–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/bezbednost2201005c.
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Fight against organized crime is a proactive, strategically oriented activity of all contemporary, democratic states, both nationally and at the international level. The set limits of more efficient suppression of the most serious crimes are the result of active reforms of national normative frameworks, ratified international documents, but also intensive professional cooperation between countries in the field of detecting, combating and prosecuting organized crime. Security threats, which are extremely high when it comes to organized crime, would be difficult to combat without adequate international cooperation between democratic states. One of the countries that actively participate in international cooperation, emphasizing cooperation with European agencies is Serbia. Namely, there is a justified question of the efficiency of Serbia's cooperation with European agencies in the suppression of organized crime, the harmonization of the national framework with the acquis communautare, which is the goal of research in this paper. In accordance with that, the author, through expert and critical analysis of normative solutions, results of practical application and valid theoretical views, analyses the subject matter from the following aspects: first, introductory considerations; second, the effectiveness of financial investigations and the Action Plan for Chapter 23; third, Serbia's cooperation with European agencies in combating organized crime and reforming the normative framework; fourth, concluding remarks.
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BĄK, Tomasz. "CROSS-BORDER SECURITY OF POLAND." Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces 161, no. 3 (July 1, 2011): 88–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0002.3039.
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The article discusses the issues of cross-border organized crime. It also lists offences committed by organized crime groups throughout Europe. Furthermore, the article provides statistical data concerning cross-border crimes. The author of the article pays special attention to the threats this phenomenon poses for the countries in the European Union. Moreover, the article shows what efforts should be made to effectively combat this phenomenon.
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TĂRTEAȚĂ, Cristina. "HUMAN SECURITY, TERRORISM AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE WESTERN BALKANS." STRATEGIES XXI - National Defence College 1, no. 72 (July 15, 2021): 178–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.53477/2668-5094-21-13.
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In this study we have analyzed the paradigm of Human Security and how it differs from the more known idea of global security in the context of war, terrorism and organizedcrime in the Western Balkans. To emphasize this, we have presented the main terrorist threats and attacks that have occurred in countries like: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia and the Kosovo province, also presenting the complexity of factors that have contributed to the present geopolitical climate. Also, we have compared the number of organized crime groups in these countries and how they contribute to the state of corruption that leads to violence, poverty and inequality. In the end of this paper, we have proposed a series of potential solutions to merge both human and global security in order to create a safer Balkan community in the context of the European Union.Keywords: Human Security, terrorism, organized crime, Western Balkans, European Union.
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Tsyganii, Svitlana, Dmytro Shyian, Mariia Diakur, Vitalii Areshonkov, and Volodymyr Hospodarenko. "Criminal Law Transformation in the Context of COVID-19: The Experience of the European Union and Ukraine." Cuestiones Políticas 40, no. 73 (July 29, 2022): 52–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.02.
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The aim of the study was to identify and analysed the novelties of the criminal law of Ukraine and the EU Member States caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as regulations and social impact tools. The content analysis, doctrinal approach, comparative method, as well as general methods were applied to analysed research papers, regulations, case law and statistics on COVID-19-related crimes. Criminal law is considered as part of anti-pandemic policy. National governments focus on responding to individual COVID-19-related crimes rather than on crime trends in general. Due to the transient situation, European and Ukrainian practice has shown the priority of adapting existing criminal law to prevent COVID-19. In general, the transformation of criminal law involves establishing rules that can be applied in any pandemic. An important area is the response to long-term criminal challenges (domestic violence, organized crime) through criminal law. The experience of European countries and Ukraine in responding to global threats reveals uncertainty in the criminal law transformation approaches. This determines the reasonability of working out a common European framework of criminal law policy and prospects for the development of criminal law, which can be defined in international recommendatory instruments.
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Wong, Alfred, and Roxanne Gomes. "Societal and Economic Elements of Trafficking in Human Beings into the European Union." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 7, no. 3 (March 1, 2016): 831–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.21301/eap.v7i3.11.
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The European Union (EU) is an early signatory of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. During the past decade, the EU has been undertaking various measures to conform to the "Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons". The mitigating strategy has been largely based on the enforcement of existing and new laws, inside as well as outside of the EU. To date, the results have been largely ineffective. Addressing the societal and economic elements of home and host countries could be a more enduring means to alleviate the problem of trafficking in human beings.
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Perepolkin, S. M. "Legal Status of European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)." Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence, no. 3 (February 20, 2022): 270–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2788-6018.2021.03.50.
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The success of Ukraine's strategic course towards full membership in the European Union depends on many factors, in particular, on establishing effective cooperation with the Member States of the European Union and its bodies in the field of prevention and counteraction to various manifestations of organized crime. Among the various agencies of the European Union, European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) performs the largest amount of work in this field. In this regard, the article analyzes the history of Europol from its inception as an international intergovernmental organization (European Police Office) to its current state - an independent European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol). To disclose the legal status of Europol, the focus is on the purpose and objectives of its creation, the types of crimes against which Europol’s work is directed, the competence of Europol, which covers more than forty forms of criminal activity, the structure of internal bodies, the normative legal bases of Europol’s interaction with the Member States and other agencies of the European Union, third countries (strategic cooperation agreements and operational cooperation agreements) and international organizations, the genesis of the normative legal bases for relations between Europol and Ukraine. According to the results of the study, the history of the formation of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is proposed to be divided into two stages: 1. Europol as an international intergovernmental organization of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office of 26 July 1995; 2. Europol as the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol). At each stage of Europol's formation, its legal status also changed. At the present stage of Europol's work, its legal status is determined by the Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).
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Nagy, Ivett. "Drug crime transformation under the effect of online platforms." Belügyi Szemle 69, no. 6. ksz. (December 1, 2021): 107–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.38146/bsz.spec.2021.6.7.
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Many types of drug crimes are already known, but it is common to offender groups to implement them in an organised, coordinated, multi-level framework. Affected by online platforms, drug crimes are undergoing a transformation that presents new challenges for the authorities. Criminal groups also like to (re)take the opportunities offered by the Internet. Platforms that connect to the Dark Web, the Dark Internet (secret network form), have become increasingly popular over the past few years, thanks to the fact that there are also services available which are not available by traditional browsers. Coordinated cooperation between several countries, over several years, is needed to ensure successful detection in cyberspace. This is illustrated by a current EUROPOL report, published on 12 January 2021, which shows that a successful liquidation has occurred in the case of DarkMarket, one of the largest illegal marketplaces, requiring the cooperation of several European Union Member States and several non-European Union countries. In the face of the coronavirus epidemic, organised crime groups are still trying to remain active and resilient, which is not a challenge in the online space at this time, although drug delivery models needed to be changed, but they are trying to maintain the constant cycle of the market through their hiding methods. In my study, I am also looking for answers how the detection and recovery of criminal property is carried out at national and international level, in cases where drug crime takes place in the online space. What is the path of illegally acquired criminal property, how can financial profiling be carried out in these cases? In case of drug offences, we are talking about a special asset recovery where is no victim demanded, because there are very few known victims existing. With my study, I intend to capture the current topicality of drug crime, by detecting methods of committing crimes in the online space, internationally and domestically, and by exploring the current processes of asset discovery and recovery. In this way, I wish to provide results that can be used by the profession.
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Kissová, Lenka. "The Production of (Un)deserving and (Un)acceptable: Shifting Representations of Migrants within Political Discourse in Slovakia." East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures 32, no. 4 (December 26, 2017): 743–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325417745127.
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The article examines political discourse in Slovakia, particularly the representations of and ideas about refugees and the relevant topics employed in political, explanations and representations of refugees constructed and employed within political argumentation. The text reveals the main discursive legitimation strategies present in the political framing of refugees, resulting in the non-acceptance of non-Christian refugees. Among these, positive us- and negative other-representation, together with denial, moral evaluation, and discursively declared risk based on religion, prove to be the main ones employed for symbolic and physical boundary construction. In this case, the dividing line between “Slovaks” and “others” has been formed around cultural (religious) adaptability, consequently connected to (un)deservingness of solidarity. Different topics are employed before and after adoption of the European Union refugee redistribution system. Economic interests, border protection, and organized crime are applied as main themes of legitimation strategies in the pre-quota period, while cultural interest, identity protection, and terrorism are employed in the post-quota period. They function as a background for argumentation, knowledge production, political decision-making and wider identity-building and national self-determination processes. In the wider context of globalization and Europeanization trends, Christianity becomes an iconic response to global changes and it is used as a mobilizing tool for invoking nationalist and anti-European Union sentiment. Moreover, as the political strategies and responses employed in other Central and Eastern European countries are similar, the Slovak case might be applied more generally and, thus, provide a deeper understanding of the political responses and state-building processes of other countries in the region.
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Mushak, N. "LEGAL REGULATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS’ FUNCTIONING WITHIN THE SCHENGEN AREA." Actual Problems of International Relations, no. 130 (2017): 70–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/apmv.2017.130.0.70-81.
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The article investigates the legal regulation of cross-border information systems that operate within the Schengen area. These information systems are the Schengen Information System, Visa Information System and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System. The information systems provide the opportunity of free access to the database of border and law enforcement authorities of the Schengen area member states. These authorities are able to quick and efficient collaboration as well as in interaction in support of national security, public order and effective fight against organized crime, border-crossing of illegal immigrants, drug trafficking etc. The article defines that in addition to cooperation between the competent and relevant authorities of the Schengen area member states the information systems are to be the instruments of the freedom of movement of persons, contributing at the same time of public order and national security of each of the European countries. The article analyses the main tasks and purposes of a new European travel information and authorization system. In particular, the system concerns those countries that have already signed agreements on visa-free regime with the EU. In practice, it means that the citizens of "visa-free" countries will be able to travel to the Schengen area member states without a visa, but they are required to be authorized through this system before the trip. The research also analyzes the regulations of the European Union, western and national doctrine in respect of the operation of cross-border information systems within the Schengen area.
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Djukanovic, Dragan. "The Western Balkans: The fate of an European periphery." Medjunarodni problemi 67, no. 4 (2015): 349–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/medjp1504349d.
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The paper analyzes what is the current position of the Western Balkans in the context of contemporary European trends and events. The author considers the European and Euro-Atlantic integration a certain attempt to ?relocate? the whole region of the Western Balkans from an obvious periphery to a semi-periphery position. The focus of analysis is on numerous problems such as continued revitalization of the local ethno-nationalisms, structural economic crisis, the presence of high levels of organized crime and corruption. The author points out that, so far, numerous attempts of the most influential members of the international community primarily the United States and the European Union have failed to promote the improvement of the relations between new-formed countries and to establish a sort of regional identity. The author argues that the creation of the antagonistic identities of the states and nations of the Western Balkans during the breakup of the former Yugoslav federation was the main obstacle to the creation of the common identity. The author concludes that, in view of the new growing trends of ethnic nationalisms and certain forms of extremism and radicalism, the ?relocation? of the Western Balkans from European periphery to the semi-periphery will not be short-term or easy, as evidenced by numerous internal problems and problems in bilateral relations.
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Fihura, V. O. "THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE API/PNR SYSTEM AND THE CONCEPT OF INTERVIEWING." Constitutional State, no. 48 (December 19, 2022): 24–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18524/2411-2054.2022.48.267960.
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The article reveals issues regarding the possibility of implementing the API/PNR system in Ukraine in order to ensure national security and border security of our state. Emphasizing that the basis for the future implementation of advance passenger information and passenger registration records was the signing of the Agreement between the Governments of Ukraine and the United States in 2021. According to the agreements, international airports were to be the first checkpoints where API/PNR was planned to be launched, but, unfortunately, the undeclared war by the Russian Federation and the closing of the air gates of Ukraine did not give an opportunity to start preparations for the operation of this system in time. The implementation of this system in Ukraine will ensure more effective counteraction to cross-border crime at the state border and will provide an opportunity to identify not only persons involved in illegal activities, but also persons who may be potential terrorists, illegal migrants, and drug couriers. It should be noted that the API/PNR system has proven itself positively in most developed countries of the world, such as the United States of America, Canada and most countries of the European Union. So, for example, in European countries, the functioning of this system made it possible to effectively fight and detect potentially illegal migrants, terrorists, people involved in human trafficking among flight passengers. Along with the introduction of the system of advance passenger information (API) and passenger registration records (PNR), we considered the issue of introducing and enshrining at the legislative level the concept of “interviewing”, which, in turn, would provide an additional opportunity for law enforcement agencies to counter organized crime on the state border of Ukraine. Noting the fact that Ukrainian legislation does not provide for the functioning of the API/ PNR system and does not define the body that will be empowered to work with it.
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IEFYMENKO, Tetiana, and Tetiana DMYTRENKO. "Modern priorities in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing." Naukovi pratsi NDFI 2022, no. 2 (December 21, 2022): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.33763/npndfi2022.02.005.
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Introduction. The introduction of international sanctions as a tool to counter military aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine affected the priorities of anti-legalization activities at the global level. Recently, the use of the latest technologies has attracted the attention of FATF and other international organizations. With the beginning of the unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, operative and effective assistance to the country was organized through the collection of funds by charitable crypto funds. Problem.The latest technologies have ensured the active citizenship of people from different countries of the world. On the other hand, such activity, related to the support of the Ukrainian people, also activated the criminal world, whose transactions were passed off as charitable activities. Goal. Provide a brief summary outlining national priorities as well as some practical definitions and financial red flags of financial and crypto market activity. Methods. General and special methods are used: analysis, synthesis, grouping, description, comparison, theoretical generalization, and abstract-logical. Results. Attention is focused on the urgent need for further implementation of international standards in the field of combating the use of proceeds of crime and the financing of terrorism in Ukraine, which, with Ukraine's acquisition of the status of a candidate for membership of the European Union, has become a component of the necessary steps for membership in the European community. Conclusions. The final decision on the issue of the immediate introduction of regulation of the virtual assets market, registration of its participants, interaction with foreign regulatory and law enforcement agencies of this economic sector will contribute to more effective implementation of sanctions to stop Russian aggression in Ukraine, restoration and modernization of the state, and Ukraine's integration into the European Union.
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Rojszczak, Marcin. "Compliance of Automatic Tax Fraud Detection Systems with the Right to Privacy Standards Based on the Polish Experience of the STIR System." Intertax 49, Issue 1 (January 1, 2021): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/taxi2021005.
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According to the EC estimates presented in November 2018, the so-called VAT gap amounted to approximately EUR 150 billion with organized crime groups largely responsible for its creation. Therefore, it is not surprising that states, while protecting their economic interests, are implementing new measures aimed at detecting and preventing tax crime. Poland is also pursuing this type of activity, and a number of innovative measures in the field of tax law have been introduced over the last few years. One such solution is the automatic system of analysing transaction data from financial institutions (System Teleinformatyczny Izby Rozliczeniowej, STIR). The way this system works – combining the collection of enormous sets of personal data including sensitive information with confidential analytics and composing reports for tax authorities and law enforcement purposes – must raise doubts as to its compliance with human rights standards. In terms of its operation, STIR resembles electronic surveillance systems in other EU Member States; the difference is that, instead of capturing telecommunications data, it aggregates bulk amounts of information on financial transactions. The purpose of this article is to discuss the regulations that establish the legal framework of STIR and to present recommendations on how to ensure its compliance with the privacy and data protection model functioning in the EU. Special attention will be paid to assessing the proportionality and quality of legal safeguards implemented to limit the risk of abuse of power according to standards established in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Conclusions drawn from this analysis are not only important from the perspective of the Polish legislature but are also relevant to other countries and EU institutions implementing systems similar to STIR that are interested in developing cooperation between Member States in the area of combatting tax fraud. Right to privacy, tax fraud, transaction network analysis, automated decision-making, VAT gap.
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Szostak, Maciej, and Kamila Zarychta-Romanowska. "Frontex 3.0 — rewolucyjny czy rewelacyjny — legislacyjno-policyjny paradygmat bezpieczeństwa granic Unii Europejskiej. Paneuropejska interpretacja i implementacja Intelligence-Led Policing." Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego 50 (June 13, 2019): 113–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-5065.50.8.
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Frontex 3.0 a — revolutionary or revelatory? — legislative and policing paradigm of security of the European Union’s borders. A pan-European interpretation and implementation of intelligence-led policingThe article contains an analysis of the origins and development of new regulations concerning the European Border and Coast Guard of 2016 and 2018 in order to better understand its tasks and development in the light of the European policy objectives and European law. The authors pay particular attention to the state of ontological uncertainty and lack of security manifested by the residents and states of the European Union. Thus they consider the challenges to the Union’s internal and external security. They analyse new initiatives, both legal and political, the aim of which is to limit the threats associated with uncontrolled irregular migrations, organised crime and terrorism. Examining the EU’s new proposal concerning the European Border and Coast Guard, the authors point to its main objects, innovative nature of the proposed solutions as well as a substantial policy change that can be seen in the new proposal. When analysing the proposal and its amendments from a criminological perspective, the authors indicate a new interpretation of the concept of intelligence-led policing as well as its implementation with regard to the EU’s border and security policies, both in their internal and external aspects. When examining the most important premises of the organisational, institutional and operational mandate of the EBCG, the authors not only examine the establishment of the EU’s new border police, but also confirm the need to define a strategy for the operation of the Service, especially with regard to its operational activities and intelligence, in order for the Service to effectively and fully implement its mandate, at the same time making a major contribution to fighting threats to a broadly defined security of the EU terrorism, uncontrolled migrations, organised crime. What is essential to this is the introduction of a sustainable — respectful of cultural differences but also effective — way to create policing policies as well as use of new technologies to monitor borders, in line with the adopted intelligence policy. In addition, further bi- and multilateral cooperation with relevant bodies and services of third countries should be maintained and developed, especially taking into account the existing good cooperation practices. In the article the authors analyse the regulatory framework of the new regulation specifying the role and threats of the new Service with regard to personnel and insufficient financing, and point to other difficulties associated with the insufficient implementation of the solidarity clause so far. They also point to the urgent need to formulate a methodology, strategy and relevant training enabling border guards to use the so-called cultural profiling taking into account the migrants’ cultural and ideological differences as part of their statutory activities, and at the same time ensuring the highest standard of fundamental right protection.
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Shcherbak, Valeriia G., and Tetiana Yu Dudorova. "IMPROVING THE PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMS AND LOGISTICS SERVICES IN UKRAINE." Bulletin of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Series: Economic sciences 129, no. 6 (May 13, 2019): 134–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2413-0117.2018.6.13.
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The paper offers insights into the specifics of customs regulation in the area of logistic supply networks in Ukraine. The Ukrainian customs regulation framework should provide favourable environment for the adaptation of the national economy to a more intense international competition driven by joining the system of global regulation and free movement of resources and gradual integration of its economy into global and European economic processes. The purpose of this study is to suggest pathways to enhance customs regulations in logistics supply networks in Ukraine. It is argued that the implementation of the logistic approach to the customs regulation of foreign economic activity envisaged by the Customs Code of Ukraine is possible only within relevant legislative and regulatory framework. Customs authorities must cooperate (in a number of ways) with their business partners to identify the common benefits that can be gained through joint participation in a safe supply chain of goods. Customs authorities must also record the entire set of benefits they intend to provide (within their mandate) to their business partners in a safe supply chain of goods. The application of logistics guidelines in company foreign economic activities contributes to providing material, financial and information support for the supply of goods along with cost optimization and efficiency increase for foreign trade operations. The above objectives are directly related to forecasting, risk assessment in the area of foreign economic activity, supplies and stocks optimization, information and financial support issues, customs clearance and control procedures, etc. Apparently, the implementation of customs regulations in the global logistics supply networks is affected by the degree of countries integration. There are three options for customs regulation within the global supply networks: in the absence of economic integration; in a free trade zone settings; within a common customs space. It is emphasized that the creation of a free trade zone and a common customs union simplify customs procedures dramatically. The growing trade volume, the increasing international terrorism and international organized crime hazards challenge effective national and international interaction between public authorities and businesses. This can be achieved through establishing free trade zones and customs unions which will ultimately contribute to reducing logistics risks by joint efforts of nations.
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Rees, Wyn, and Ayhan Bakar. "European Union Accession, Turkey and Organized Crime." European Foreign Affairs Review 18, Issue 2 (May 1, 2013): 181–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eerr2013012.
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The European Union (EU) has required accession states to adopt its acquis communitaire in internal security. Turkey has presented an important case because it has been seen both as a source of threat to the EU, in terms of the spread of organized crime and illegal drugs, and as a problematical candidate for accession. This article looks at the impact of the EU's accession process upon the internal security policies of Turkey, from its application for membership in 1987 to the present. It argues that the EU has exerted a substantial influence on Turkish policy, especially during the period when the prospect of accession was strongest. In spite of the paralysis in its accession negotiations, Turkey remains aligned with EU internal security policy because it has come to internalize the EU's security standards and share its fears of the domestic threats associated with organized crime and drug trafficking.
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Cojocari, Ion. "Organized crime: criminal liability for the crime of organizing illegal migration." National Law Journal, no. 3(245) (February 2022): 93–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.52388/1811-0770.2021.3(245).10.
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Organized crime is a complex phenomenon. The key elements of the content of this phenomenon are addressed differently in the doctrine and regulatory acts of the Member States of the United Nations. The fight against organized crime is one of the most important issues for the entire world communityat the moment. This concern stems from the global spread of this phenomenon. This article defines the concepts of organized criminal group and criminal organization. Particular attention is paid to the term “criminal association”. In the article, the aggravation is related to the international standards on the fight against organized crime. A comparative legal-criminal analysis of the European Union Standards in the fight against organized crime is carried out. According to the Association Agreement concluded between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, our country undertakes: “to prevent and combat all forms of organized crime, trafficking in human beings and corruption, as well as to intensify its cooperation in the fight against terrorism.” Ensuring the protection of an “organized criminal group” or “criminal organization” is a positive obligation of the state, which must pursue the legal purpose set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Perkowska, Magdalena. "Przerzut migrantów przez polską wschodnią granicę – studium przypadku." Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny 47, no. 22 (180) (2021): 57–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25444972smpp.21.020.13776.
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Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie mechanizmu działania zorganizowanych grup przestępczych, które podejmują się ułatwiania przekraczania granicy państwa wbrew przepisom. Rozważania oparto o analizę dokonaną na podstawie studium przypadku sprawy karnej, w której sprawcy zostali skazani za organizowanie innym osobom przekraczania wschodniej granicy Polski wbrew przepisom, podjęte w ramach zorganizowanej grupy przestępczej. Zweryfikowano, czy zgodnie z doniesieniami Straży Granicznej oraz Komisji Europejskiej w analizowanym przypadku mamy do czynienia z działaniem międzynarodowej transgranicznej grupy przestępczej, czy jedynie siatki lokalnych grup przestępczych funkcjonujących na obszarze poszczególnych państw i współpracujących ze sobą. Na podstawie przyjętej metody badawczej ukazano strukturę oraz sposób działania grupy. Część rozważań poświęcono reakcji prawnokarnej na zjawisko głównie w oparciu o wysokość orzeczonych kar przez wymiar sprawiedliwości. Dokonano analizy orzeczonych kar w przedmiotowej sprawie i porównano je z polityką karną polskiego wymiaru sprawiedliwości w zakresie art. 264 § 32 i 2583 kk. Wysokość orzeczonych kar zestawiono z postulatami wynikającymi z implementacji prawa Unii Europejskiej. Migrant Smuggling Through Poland’s Eastern Border – the Case Study The aim of the article is to present a mechanism for the operation of organised crime groups which undertake to facilitate the crossing of a state border against the rules. The deliberations were based on an analysis made on the basis of a case study of a criminal case in which the perpetrators were convicted of organising the crossing of Poland’s eastern border by other people in contravention of regulations, undertaken as part of an organised criminal group. It was verified whether, according to reports from the Border Guard and the European Commission, we are dealing with the activity of international cross-border criminal group or only with network of local criminal groups operating on the territory of individual countries and cooperating with each other. On the basis of the research method adopted, the structure of the group, its mode of operation and the characteristics of foreigners were shown. Part of the deliberations was devoted to the criminal law reaction to the phenomenon mainly based on the level of penalties imposed by the justice system. The penalties imposed in the case in question were analysed and compared with the criminal policy of the Polish justice system within the scope of Article 264 § 3 and 258 of the Criminal Code. This was juxtaposed with the postulates resulting from the implementation of European Union law.
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Shinar, Chaim. "Organized Crime in Russia." European Review 24, no. 4 (September 15, 2016): 631–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798716000284.
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The breakup of the Soviet Union in the 1990s opened the gates of immigration to Israel and to the West. The wave of immigration to Israel also included criminal elements who wanted to evade the rule of law in their countries. The arrival of these people to Israel aroused my interest in the historical causes of corruption in Russia, forms of corrupt behaviour by state employees, and the processes of development and creation of criminal organizations in Russia.
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Krasniqi, Kole. "Organized Crime In The Balkans." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 19 (July 29, 2016): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n19p204.
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Legal systems are put in jeopardy and social stability and welfare are harmed wherever there are organized criminal activities. In the Balkans, organized crime is also tantamount to a main obstacle to the European integration of the region. The permanent influence of organized crime on the state structures, the cooperation between different criminal organizations and especially their collaboration with some extremist groups impact political stability in an extremely negative way. The states in the Balkans have recognized the dangers for their peoples constituted by organized crime and have already taken a number of required legal, institutional and political measures in order to be able to successfully combat organized crime. However, organized crime still constitutes the main risk to the new democratic states in the Balkans in spite of these measures. For that reason, combating organized crime may not treated just as the task or responsibility of one single state but it needs to be understood as an obligation and responsibility of all the states in the entire region as well as of the European Union. Therefore, cooperation and coordination of joint activities for combating organized crime have to be based on modern international standards. Besides, a continual perspective is required according to the interest of the peoples of the region to live together in peace and mutual harmony and to establish a society where human rights are not threatened by criminal violence but protected just like in the European Union.
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Đorđević, Saša, Bren Matevž, and Bojan Dobovšek. "The Rocky Road of Serbia to the European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice." European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 30, no. 3-4 (December 27, 2022): 239–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718174-bja10034.
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Abstract The article assesses the Serbian Government’s progress in policy areas of the European Union Negotiating Framework for the accession under Chapter 24 – Justice, Freedom, and Security, like migration, asylum, police, customs and judicial cooperation, and the fight against organized crime, terrorism, and drugs. It builds on a research synthesis of monitoring results from 2013 to 2021 by prEUgovor – a coalition of seven civil society organizations with extensive expertise in examining accession negotiation policies. The research findings show that Government’s performance is advanced in policy areas where the European Union’s insistence and political calculation of national policy-makers exist to benefit domestic and international politics. Serbia performs migration and asylum reforms better than policing and fighting organized crime. Police reform is essential for Chapter 24 but is not targeted at the crucial European Union call asking police to be held accountable and immune from organized crime and political influence.
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Przygoda, Mirosław. "Impact of The Ukrainian Conflict on The Political and Economic Situation in Europe." International Journal of Operations Management 1, no. 4 (July 2021): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/ijom.2757-0509.2020.14.4001.
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On 17 March 2014, only one day after the local referendum won by an overwhelming number of votes, the highest authorities of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea approved the decision of the independence of the peninsula including separate City of Sevastopol located within its territory. Subsequently, they requested Moscow to annex the new structure to the Russian Federation. On the same day, the Crimea Republic was recognized as sovereign and independent country by the authorities at Kremlin. Already on 21 March, Crimea together with Sevastopol became a new administrative entity of the largest country in the world. At the beginning of April 2014, two territories bordering with Russia located in the east of Ukraine declared independence. The rebellious areas that assumed the names of the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic, rejected Kiev’s authority and, on 24 May 2014, signed the agreement on the creation of the Federal State of Novorossiya. The situation in the east of Ukraine began to resemble dominoes falling one after the other, slipping out of control of the state authorities. Military counteraction of the government in Kiev, aiming at prevents the disintegration of the country, encountered organized resistance of the separatist forces. International public opinion sided with Ukraine, which aspired to associate with the European Union. To reduce the support for the rebel forces provided by Russia, the latter has been hit with severe economic sanctions. The Russian Federation announced that it will respond by using similar measures against the countries of the West. In the meantime, the conflict in the east of Ukraine has gone into the phase of a permanent battle of two forces on the regional level. Nature and duration of this confrontation indicates that the armed struggle is entering a stage reminiscent of the war that has been ongoing for several years between the Palestinian National Authority and Israel. Just as in the Middle East, this situation may result in the following: the growing tension in this part of the globe and the danger of the conflict spreading into other areas. However, the Ukrainian problem in addition poses the threat of the deterioration of the economic situation in Russia and economic stagnation in the United Europe. In this situation, the following tasks might be of interest: analysis of factors that affect the intransigent attitude of the parties involved in the aforementioned events, possible outcomes of the conflict and forecast of the developments in the upcoming future.
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Spahiu, Vilma. "Fight against Organized Crime as One of the Fundamental Conditions for the Integration in the European Union. Albanian Case." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1, no. 2 (August 30, 2015): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v1i2.p80-82.
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The Integration of Albania in the European Union Structures remains one of the most important challenges of the Albanian government, since the post-communist period. To become a member of these structures with full rights, the Albanian government must fulfil some conditions and criteria. The main purpose of this paper relates to the analysis of the war against organized crime, as one of the fundamental conditions for the European Integration. The war against organized crime has been chosen as the most important focus because the defined criteria in this matter, regardless the efforts to improve the situation, have not yet given the desired results. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize the fact that lately the representatives of European Union increasingly are underlying in their statements that Albanian governments must document reliable data, regarding the war against organized crime, and they must document sustainability in this direction and give concrete results, because still in the security sector the proper objectives have not been reached. The real issue is not related with the missing of a national strategy in the war against the organized crime, but with the effective implementation and application of this strategy.
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Spahiu, Vilma. "Fight against Organized Crime as One of the Fundamental Conditions for the Integration in the European Union. Albanian Case." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (August 30, 2015): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v2i1.p80-82.
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The Integration of Albania in the European Union Structures remains one of the most important challenges of the Albanian government, since the post-communist period. To become a member of these structures with full rights, the Albanian government must fulfil some conditions and criteria. The main purpose of this paper relates to the analysis of the war against organized crime, as one of the fundamental conditions for the European Integration. The war against organized crime has been chosen as the most important focus because the defined criteria in this matter, regardless the efforts to improve the situation, have not yet given the desired results. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize the fact that lately the representatives of European Union increasingly are underlying in their statements that Albanian governments must document reliable data, regarding the war against organized crime, and they must document sustainability in this direction and give concrete results, because still in the security sector the proper objectives have not been reached. The real issue is not related with the missing of a national strategy in the war against the organized crime, but with the effective implementation and application of this strategy.
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Tsereteli, Ioseb. "Some Historical Aspects of the Establishment and Development of the “Vor V Zakone” E Bis Institute." Journal of Legal Studies 29, no. 43 (May 19, 2022): 42–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jles-2022-0003.
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Abstract Organized crime is the most dangerous type of criminal activity because organized crime associations run the criminal environment and commit various types of serious criminal acts. The fight against organized crime is, therefore, a priority for individual countries as well as for the world community as a whole. To combat this phenomenon, the United Nations adopted the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on November 15, 2000, which has been ratified by many countries around the world. In addition, one of the types of organized crime is the so-called “thieves in law” institute, which originated in the former Soviet Union and is known around the world as the Russian mafia, namely the Russian term “Vory v Zakone”, which means “thieves in law”. means. Today, their criminal activities are widespread in many countries. We believe that in order to fight against this criminal association, it is necessary to study the history of its emergence and development. That is why our goal is the so-called. A study of the history of the institute of “thieves in law” and some peculiarities.
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Dalinczuk, Lana. "Organized crime as a threat to national security." Doctrina. Studia społeczno-polityczne, no. 17 (March 15, 2021): 9–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.34739/doc.2020.17.01.
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All kinds of illegal trafficking, prostitution, pornography, gambling, fraud and counterfeiting, computer crime, corruption, piracy, illegal immigration and many other criminal activities can pose a threat to national and even international security if conducted by larger criminal groups or organizations. The phenomenon of organized crime has acquired a transnational character due to the increasing globalization of financial markets and communications as well as technological development. The three countries of East Central Europe – The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland – can be of interest in terms of organized crime as recent political and economic developments in these countries have made them attractive to such criminal activities. Another problematic region in terms of organized criminal activities is the region of Central Asia which includes several countries of the former Soviet Union – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Kamal, Reza Haidar. "ESTABLISHING REGIONAL ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRIME IN ASEAN." Asia Pacific Fraud Journal 2, no. 1 (June 2, 2017): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.21532/apfj.001.17.02.01.06.
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Corruption is still becoming hot issue around the world. Each country has its own way to combat corruption starting from the scope of national, regional to international cooperation to fight against this issue. Indonesia also has several strategies to eradicate corruption which are getting better from time to time. According to Transparency International (TI), as a member of regional organization, ASEAN, Indonesia is still ranked fourth,in Corruption Perception Index (CPI),out of tenmember countries. But the rank-range of ASEAN member countries is too far from one country to another, unlike European Union. Three member countries of European Union stand are on the top three of 168 countries. Besides having anti-corruption institution in each member country, European Union also has anti-fraud office, called OLAF, to tackle financial crime at regional level. Therefore, it is necessary for ASEAN to establish an institution that aims to combat corruption at regional level of ASEAN, just like the European Union’s OLAF, which has a mandate to detect, investigate and stop fraud related to EU’s funds.
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Figus, Alessandro. "European Union and Russia: international relations evolution." Geopolitical, Social Security and Freedom Journal 3, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 124–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2020-0016.
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Abstract Today the relationship between Russia and the today EU-28 (today EU-27) members of the European Union is essential and very strategically important; this issue is bound to become more urgent as the two draws closer together over the next decades. In this paper, we discuss this and the Russian Federation’s role in the Ukraine conflict that has seriously affected EU-Russia relations. The EU and Russia have a long record of cooperation on issues of bilateral and international concern in several fields, from climate change to drug and human trafficking, but also the organized crime, terrorism, and non-proliferation. In particular, Europe, the “old traditional Europe”, acquires special weight for Russia in the context of the cooling down of relations between Russia and the United States. We will discuss gas, oil, and energy, but we can see that the solution can be only economic, and the oil and agriculture sectors could help do just that. “Business is business”.
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Trăistaru, Marius. "Involving cross-border organized crime networks from ex-Soviet sources in support of terrorism and their influence on regional economic development." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 14, no. 1 (July 1, 2020): 975–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2020-0092.
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AbstractThis paper indicates how the actions of organized crime networks (especially the former the former Soviet Union) can affect, from an economic point of view, the elaboration of policies to combat transnational terrorism. Transnational organized crime poses a significant and growing threat to national and international security, with dire implications for public safety, public health, democratic institutions, and economic stability across the globe. Not only are criminal networks expanding, but they also are diversifying their activities, resulting in the convergence of threats that were once distinct and today have explosive and destabilizing effects. Ex-soviet organized crime networks represent a significant threat to economic growth and democratic institutions. Nuclear material trafficking is an especially prominent concern in the former Soviet Union. Because some terrorist-extremist organizations are criminal groups that have a specific organization, logistics, specific training and education systems that cannot work without having material and financial resources. As a result, one of the most effective ways to fight the threat of terrorist organizations is to combat terrorism financing. Within the European Union, the primary responsibility for combating terrorist financing lies with the Member States. However, the EU can and should play a supporting role in helping to respond to the transnational nature of the threat.
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Radosavljević, Emina. "Compliance of domestic criminal legislation in the field of international and judicial cooperation with the EU acquis in the fight against organized crime: Security aspect." Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta, Novi Sad 54, no. 4 (2020): 1575–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/zrpfns54-29642.
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The area of the European Union (EU) is characterized by general liberalization, ie. "Free flow of people, goods, services, and capital", which is why the organized crime with international elements seriously affects the security of entire regions. Given that no country, regardless of its resources, can confront the threats of the global environment on its own, the need to create a single legislative framework aimed at strengthening the internal security system of the EU and its member states have become necessary. The mentioned unified legislation leads to the centralization of the security area at the supranational level, ie. delegation of competencies of the Member States to the institutions of the Union. In the global fight against organized crime, with the entry into force of the Law on Ratification of Stabilization and Association Agreements between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one hand, and The Republic of Serbia, on the other1 Serbia has committed itself to gradually harmonizing its national legal framework with acquis communautaire, as well as to apply them consistently. Given that, in this paper will be considered the harmonization of certain provisions of the Law on Organization and Competences of State Bodies in the Suppression of Organized Crime, Terrorism and Corruption, ie. international cooperation in criminal matters systematized in Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom, and Security.
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Filipović, Nemanja, and Anja Koprivica. "Undercover investigator in specific countries of the European continental legal system." Pravo - teorija i praksa 39, no. 2 (2022): 108–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/ptp2202108f.
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Elaborate mechanisms of a criminal activity, a high level of secrecy, a hierarchical structure and diversification of tasks among the members of the organized criminal group, make it a complex phenomenon. Due to its specificity, uncovering the crimes and perpetrators of the organized crime requires the use of special methods and techniques. One of them is a special evidentiary action, the deployment of an undercover investigator, which is used to obtain evidence and information necessary for uncovering criminal acts, as well as the organized criminal groups. The purpose of this paper is to present the specific characteristics of this special evidentiary action in certain countries of the European continental legal system, where the covered questions are, when, in what way, and under what conditions a certain person can act as an undercover investigator.
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Toggenburg, Gabriel N., and Karen McLaughlin. "The European Union and Minorities in 2013." European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online 12, no. 1 (November 24, 2015): 255–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004306134_011.
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This article reflects selected developments that took place from 1 January to 31 December 2013 both in the EU’S internal policies (Section ii) as well as in the EU’S external relations (Section iii). With regard to the internal dimension, developments in the field of Roma integration, the fight against hate crime and the protection of minority languages are traced. For the external dimension, the article covers the EU’S enlargement policy, its policies vis-à-vis countries in its wider neighbourhood in the East and in the South, and finally, the EU’S engagement at the broader international level.
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Sukawati, Maheswara Perbawa. "European Union Policy on Artificial Intelligence Related to Cyber Crime." Hang Tuah Law Journal 4, no. 1 (August 4, 2020): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.30649/htlj.v4i1.169.
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<p>Abstract: </p><p><em>Artificial Intelligence is one of the sector in Revolution Industry 4.0 that become serious topic to discuss in every countries in the world including the European Union itself. They believe that Artificial Intelligence can make the good benefit for the society, however the using of Artificial Intelligence usually make a negative impact for the society therefore the European Union made some Policy about the Artificial Intelligence to support about the Revolution Industry 4.0. The Policy about Artificial Intelligence have the purpose to regulate about using Artificial Intelligence in European Union basically for the members, everything about Artificial Intelligence have the relation with the Technology that have been develop nevertheless everything about technology, internet, computer, and data have already regulated in Convention on Cyber Crime Budapest 2001 therefore everything about Artificial Intelligence including the Policy of Artificial Intelligence in European Union have to related with the Convention on Cyber Crime.</em></p>
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Volobuieva, Olena, and Tetiana Shevchenko. "TOPICAL ISSUES OF ECONOMIC CRIME INVESTIGATION: EUROPEAN VECTOR." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 5, no. 1 (March 22, 2019): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2019-5-1-33-38.
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The aim of the article is to analyse topical issues arising during the investigation of economic crimes in Ukraine and abroad, as well as to develop concrete suggestions to optimize the investigation of such crimes. The subject of the study is the topical issues of the investigation of economic crimes: the European vector. Methodology. The analysis of legal regulations of Ukraine and scientific literature enabled to study the current state of combating organized groups committing economic crimes and to determine the strategic priorities and objectives of counteraction to this socio-negative phenomenon in Ukraine, as well as dialectical method, scientific abstraction, methods of system analysis, were used. The results of the study revealed that the authors proposed the perspective concerning a strategy, ways, and mechanisms for overcoming economic crime in Ukraine through the introduction of advanced European experience. Practical implications. The study and adoption of positive foreign experience in countering organized crime in the economic sectors, individual elements and introducing them into the law enforcement bodies’ practice in Ukraine would enable to improve performance during the investigation of economic crimes. Relevance/originality. A comparative analysis of the investigation of economic crimes in foreign countries enabled to develop the most promising areas to improve domestic legislation in this sphere.
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Schachter, Sonia. "About SELEC." Belügyi Szemle 68, no. 2 (September 15, 2020): 143–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.38146/bsz.spec.2020.2.11.
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The Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) is the only law enforcement organization in Southeast Europe fighting transborder serious and organized crime, established in 1999 by 11 Member States, Hungary being one of the founding countries.
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Pūraitė, Aurelija. "Economic impact of organised crime to state security." Problems of Legality, no. 149 (June 10, 2020): 185–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.149.201728.
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Organised crime is changing and becoming increasingly diverse in its methods, group structures and impact on society. This article aims to research, on the one hand, the impact of organized crime on state’s economy, on the other hand – to analyse the possible legal and economic measures tackling and preventing organized crime activities. The article contains results of the analysis of international, regional and national legal acts and the secondary analysis of statistical data of European Union agencies and international organizations. The author used a variety of methods: from selection and analysis of primary and secondary sources to descriptive, comparative and synthesis methods. Such analysis required multitudinous, broad and diverse base of empirical data, which were collected from the international, regional, national organizations and agencies, as well as scientific, operational and theoretical reports related to the issue of organised crime and impact of this phenomenon to the state and the society.
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Markov, Mykhailo, Oleh Yemets, and Andrii Forostyanyi. "ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 4, no. 5 (February 11, 2019): 188. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2018-4-5-188-199.
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The aim of the article is to analyse combating organized crime in the financial system of Ukraine and abroad; develop specific proposals to optimize the legislative provision of such activities on the basis of the study of positive foreign experience with a view to its further implementation into the relevant legal regulations of our state. The subject of the study is the interrogation of legal regulations of leading foreign countries that regulate the issue of combating organized crime in the financial sphere, the principles of the activities of these countries’ respective organizations aimed at counteracting organized crime in the financial system, as well as state mechanisms for countering organized crime in the US financial system, European and other countries. Methodology. The study is based on general scientific and special-scientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge. The dialectical method enabled to formulate the definition and determine the essence of the subjects in the system of combating crime, as well as mechanisms of anti-shadowing of the Ukrainian economy. The normative-dogmatic method enabled to interpret the content of legal regulations of domestic legislation that regulate the issue of organized crime in the financial system. The comparative legal method enabled to compare doctrinal approaches to the issue of organized crime in the financial system of Ukraine and abroad. The same method was used to analyse legislation of foreign countries regarding the issue under the study. Methods of analysis and synthesis enabled to study individual units of the institute of organized crime in the financial system. The sociological method was used to evaluate the results of the survey, conducted among employees of the National Police of Ukraine, on the need to take into account foreign experience in counteracting organized crime in the financial system. The method of legal modelling allowed making proposals regarding the improvement of the institute for combating organized crime in the financial system of Ukraine. Practical implications. The analysis of foreign experience of police activity, as well as special bodies and organizations, in combating organized crime in the financial system, carried out on the basis of a comparative legal study of principles, provided for in the international legal documents and their use in the police activities of democratic states, determined the expediency of their implementation in the police activities of the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine. Relevance/originality. The study proved that the legal basis for combating organized crime in the financial system of the examined states is the constitution and national laws, as well as specialized legal regulations, which define the status, rights and duties, the responsibility of employees of special subjects in combating organized crime in the financial system. In addition, in foreign countries, competencies are clearly distributed between national and special authorities to exclude duplication of powers. In view of the proved necessity of creating an effective system of counteraction to organized crime in the financial system of Ukraine, positive foreign experience implementation can become the driving force to strengthen the rule of law and legal order in our state.
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Beltrame, Aline, Naiara Posenato, and Walter Arévalo-Ramírez. "Editorial." Latin American Journal of European Studies 2, no. 2 (2022): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.51799/2763-8685v2n2000.
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The Latin American Journal of European Studies (ISSN 2763-8685) is a publication of the Latin American Center of European Studies, created from the BRIDGE Project of Jean Monnet Network with funding from the Erasmus + Program of the European Commission. With a focus on the editorial lines on European Union Law and Policies and International Relations of the European Union with third countries and Latin America, the fourth edition of the Journal also has a thematic dossier on Dialogues on economic and sustainable development between the EU and third countries, organized alongside Walter Arévalo-Ramirez from Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). The fourth edition of the Journal is open for submissions until November 1st, 2022.
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Filipowska-Tuthill, Monika. "Nielegalna imigracja z perspektywy występku umożliwienia lub ułatwienia pobytu na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej." Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego 43 (May 16, 2017): 97–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-5065.43.8.
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Illegal immigration from the perspective of the crime of enabling or facilitating stay on the Polish territoryThis article is devoted to the important and very current problem of immigration, from the perspective of European Union and Polish regulations. This paper analyzes the crime of enabling and facilitating the illegal stay on the Polish territory, where the perpetrator acts for personal or financial gain. The subject here is the protection of public safety and order against unauthorized aliens. Illegally staying in the Republic of Poland, foreigners create a broad spectrum of threats to the state and its citizens from administrative to illegal employment in organized crime and international terrorism.
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Ristović, Svetlana. "European Union strategy for the Western Balkan and security challenges resolution in the Republic of Serbia." Bezbednost, Beograd 62, no. 3 (2020): 124–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/bezbednost2003124r.
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This paper presents the EU Western Balkan Strategy and focuses on solving security problems common to the region and the Republic of Serbia. The analysis of this strategic document and strategic orientation of Serbia in relation to main security issues shows their complementarity. First of all, these documents share essentially same views on security issues, for which the Western Balkan is not only a transit area, but a final destination and even the source, particularly organized crime, terrorism and irregular migration. Prevention and suppression of given issues determines priorities of the Serbian police, at the same time leading to successful response to crime and other security threats in Serbia, as well as achievements in meeting commitments in the EU accession process and adopting the European acquis.
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Atanasova, Magdalena. "Impact assessment of European policies for combating payment card fraud on the Stakeholders." SHS Web of Conferences 120 (2021): 02019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202112002019.
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The security of non-cash payment instruments is a key factor for the economic stability of the European Union. Crime with electronic payment instruments and related illegal activities affect the Digital Single Market and the financial interests of the European Union. Organized crime groups generate € 1.44 billion a year in the Community from payment card fraud, with illegal proceeds reinvested in illegal activity and not recovered. The current scientific article aims to assess an ex-post impact of European policies for combating payment card fraud and counterfeiting on the stakeholders, in particular payment process participants. The goal is to establish the policy efficiency by analyzing the cost and benefits of the specific policy for the participants. A methodology has been developed, based on a multidisciplinary approach. The following scientific methods are used: case study; research and review of legal and other documents; content analysis of strategic and annual reports and assessments; analysis of qualitative indicators and secondary analysis of empirical data. The results of the survey show that the cost of crime prevention and control measures is high, but responsibility for costs is shared between the public and private sectors, and consumers. Strengthening cooperation between stakeholders will lead to higher policy benefits and lower costs.
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Ferola, Laura. "The Fight Against Organized Crime in Europe Building an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the E.U." International Journal of Legal Information 30, no. 1 (2002): 53–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500009707.
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The consolidation of European integration in the most important institutional sectors and, in particular, the abolition of obstacles impeding the free circulation of persons, goods, services and capital, has made it imperative to attain a higher level of cooperation at a pan-European level in the areas of justice and internal affairs. The elimination of the frontiers has in fact drawn increasing attention to a rather worrying paradox: the retention of juridical and regulatory barriers has allowed organised crime to exploit the incongruities which derive from the existence of the fifteen different juridical systems of Member States of the European Union.
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Steponavičiūtė, Ramunė. "Object of Misappropriation in an Authorship Crime and its Meaning for Qualification." Teisė 115 (June 29, 2020): 105–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/teise.2020.115.7.
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This article analyses one element of corpus delicti of misappropriation of authorship, criminalised in Lithuanian Criminal Code Article 191 – the object (or the protected good) of a crime. The quality of Lithuanian national regulation and the scope of object of misappropriation of authorship, which affects the qualification of the crime, is evaluated by comparing it with other European Union countries’ criminal legal regulation of intellectual property.
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VILNITIS, Martins. "CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ACCORDING TO LATVIAN BUILDING REGULATIONS." Journal of Science of the Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military Academy of Land Forces 186, no. 4 (October 2, 2017): 313–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.7237.
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Building regulations are still different in many European countries even the European Union directives did unify many acts for construction works and construction products in the member countries. The scheme of the construction process organized as per the Latvian building regulations are presented and commented in the paper. In particular, duties and responsibilities, as far as formally required qualifications of all engineers officially registered for the given construction process, will be shown.
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BROZIC, LILIANA. "INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY AT THE CROSSROADS." CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES, VOLUME 2016/ ISSUE 18/2 (June 30, 2016): 11–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.18.2.00.
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For some time already, the international security community has been at a crossroads and looking for new right directions. The established operational guidelines have changed, and in some areas, it seems that they simply no longer exist. There are many factors which have had an effect on the relatively high level of security we have witnessed in the last few years. The financial crisis, which started to show its teeth in 2008 and 2009, has seriously changed the European armed forces, their structure, organization and development. Many comforted themselves that this does not constitute a significant problem, since we are relatively safe. Public opinion surveys in Slovenia revealed that most of all, people feel threatened by natural disasters and socio-economic situation. However, gradually but relatively quickly, everything has changed. In the spring of 2014, Crimea held a referendum on its annexation to the Russian Federation. The rattling of weapons began, provoking different reactions in the international community and resulting in altered relations between NATO and Russia. These changes were also discussed at the July NATO Summit in Warsaw. Two years earlier, in 2012, the media increasingly reported on the soaring migration problems in the Mediterranean Sea and difficulties suffered by Italy due to those phenomena. By the end of last year, migrations from the Southeast reached unimaginable proportions and gave a profound shock to the foundations of the European Union. Some terrorist attacks in European cities, which were said to be organized and carried out by migrants, had a significant impact on the altered understanding of the new (in)security. Some experts adopted a scientific approach to the new understanding of safety. The Defence Research Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences, for example, published the results of a survey on the opinions of the Slovenian public regarding safety, which was carried out in 2015/2016. Among other things, the findings show that the recent migrant crisis has affected the Slovenian public, which perceives mass migrations as well as illegal and economic migrants as an important reason of concern. The authors of the survey observed a marked increase in the acceptance of the idea that in the protection of borders from illegal crossings, the Police are assisted by the Slovenian Armed Forces. A significantly high number of people also agreed with the idea that the armed forces should help in the fight against terrorism which, before the occurrence of mass migrations, was unthinkable. According to the authors of the survey, in the last three years, the support of the Slovenian public to the participation of Slovenia in international operations and missions has also grown by more than 20 percent. In addition, the proportion of the public which supports proposals to increase the defence budget has gone up. But will it actually increase, and how soon? We are still waiting for the new European defence strategy. We are anticipating new solutions, agreements between the decision-makers, etc. In the meantime, different authors went through various experiences. Some of them have decided to share them with our readers. In his article Fourth Generation Warfare: Geopolitical Framework to Slovenian Security (Part 1),Viktor Potočnik explores the issue of how geopolitics impacts the global security situation, what are the contemporary security risks and how they can affect Slovenia. In ensuring national security, the Slovenian Armed Forces play an important role. Consequently, Potočnik raises the question of whether they have a sufficient level of readiness to withstand potential risks, and presents the facts which he believes can have a key influence on the Slovenian national security. Cyber threats represent one of the most modern forms of security threats. In the previous issue of the Contemporary Military Challenges, Vinko Vegič provided the definition of cyber threats. This issue continues this theme with the article NATO and Cyber Deterrence, written by Staša Novak. According to her, NATO is de facto already pursuing certain elements of cyber deterrence based on strong defence, declaratory policy and responsive measures. However, responsive measures are not NATO offensive cyber capabilities, but the possibility of a collective defence response to a cyber attack, which implies a response with all available means. The increased number of migrants on their way to a better future has surprised many people in the Balkans, although numerous institutions and individuals had warned of this possibility before. Some experiences and responses of Slovenia’s neighbour, Hungary, are presented in an article by József Padányi and László Földi, titled Lessons Learned for the Hungarian Defence Forces from the Deployment of Engineer Obstacles during the 2015 Europe-Wide Mass-Migration Emergency. The article focuses mainly on the activities of the Hungarian armed forces. Metodi Hadji-Janev and Marija Jankuloska point out that the region of South- Eastern Europe has witnessed some examples of terrorist attacks and observe that the use of drones for countering global terrorism proved to be effective. Their article The Challenges of Drone Usage by Southeast European Countries examines the possibilities of their use in the home region. In his article titled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the International Fight against It, József Kis-Benedek discusses the origins of this phenomenon and its manifestations in various Middle East countries, as well as the response of those countries and other international actors who share an interest in this part of the world. He also calls attention to the question of the Kurds and the emergence of volunteer fighters who are coming to Syria and Iraq to fight. The Battalion Battle Group and the evaluation of its training is the subject of the article titled Battle Group Training Cycle, in which Aleš Avsec compares the methods of training of these units in the Slovenian Armed Forces with the training of similar units in the United States of America. Is it even possible to compare two countries which are that different?
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Büttner, Elisabeth, and Katarzyna Suszkiewicz. "Remembrance Days in European Union – between oblivion, national manifestations and an European narrative?" Studia Żydowskie. Almanach 6, no. 6 (December 31, 2016): 141–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.56583/sz.161.
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The tragic events of World War II play an important role in the collective memory of all European nations. Since 1945, many initiatives devoted to the coming-to-terms with the traumatic past have been launched. One of the challenges for actors involved in the creation of historical and educational policies is to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. In the last years, a significant number of initiatives have been organized on the occasion of anniversaries. The paper presents an analysis of 3 different initiatives connected to the official ceremonies of three international remembrance days in Poland, Germany and France. These are the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous. The selected countries represent different historical experiences of war and circumstances, in which the process of collective memory took place. The need for reconciliation between France and Germany was one of the basic reasons for European integration. The reconciliation process between Poland and Germany started much later and Poland joined EU just in 2004. These factors have had an important impact on the creation of the memory culture in those countries. The paper gives an indication on who is involved in commemoration activities and which factors are decisive for the question of whether at all and how the selected anniversaries are celebrated in the three chosen countries. It shows, in how far national goals regarding historical policy are still prevailing and in which places and occasions a more universal and international narrative has been developed.
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Balendr, Andrii V., Vasyl O. Korolov, Oleksandr V. Adamchuk, Anatolii V. Iakymchuk, Serhii V. Sinkevych, and Ihor H. Bloshchynskyi. "BORDER GUARDS’ DISTANCE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES." Information Technologies and Learning Tools 71, no. 3 (June 29, 2019): 305. http://dx.doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v71i3.2749.
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The research reveals the peculiarities of the Distance Learning (DL) development in the framework of border guards training in the European Union (EU) countries. Theoretical and practical concepts, modern stage and peculiarities of border guards’ DL development were substantiated in the article. The special attention was paid to possibilities of educational web platforms, which are widely utilized in the training of personnel of the border guard agencies, namely: Web Platform Virtual Aula of the FRONTEX Agency; E-Net Web Platform of the CEPOL (The European Police College); EU Coast Guard Functions Training Portal (CGFTP); ILIAS Learning Platform of the EU Mission EUBAM (EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine); Connect & Learn platform of the UNHCR (The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees); Global eLearning Program of the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). The authors have also conducted the comparative analysis of DL courses of educational platforms with border guard components in the EU countries, which showed that the platform with the biggest number of border guard-oriented courses is Virtual Aula platform of FRONTEX Agency. Suggestions and proposals on DL development and prospective directions based on the experience gained during DL introduction into the system of the border guards’ training system supported by the survey results are given in the conclusion of this article in order to facilitate the improvement of border guards’ DL systems in the EU countries. The prospects of the border guards’ DL system development are based on 5 key factors: aligning all DL training courses to the Sectoral Qualification Framework and Common Core Curricular for border guarding: unification of the skills and knowledge of European border guards; enhanced use of the Internet and social media; introduction of common educational web-platforms; organizing specialized training for the specialists in DL use and management, and developing common eLearning tools and programs.
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Zoannos, Nikolaos, Rallis Antoniadis, and Nikitas A. Assimakopoulos. "A System Dynamics Model to Identify the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Crime Rate and on Security Sensation in European Societies." Acta Europeana Systemica 8 (July 10, 2020): 147–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14428/aes.v8i1.56333.
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Modern society is a Complicated System, in which the interaction between its essential parts is affected in a daily basis by: (a) the Economic Crisis, (b) the Feeling of Xenophobia, (c) the Interweaving of the Political System and (d) the Degeneration of Human Interpersonal Relationships. Two important facts that have been excessively observed in the European Union over the last few years are the increase of Crime Rate, and at the same time the decrease of Security Sensation. The model that we have developed simulates the way that particular social phenomena such as: (a) the taxation, (b) the reduction of the State Expenditure on Equipment and (c) the conflicts of interest caused by the Economic Crisis, affect the Crime Rate. Therefore, this study can be the starting point for identifying other social phenomena that should be taken into account in the Strategic Plan of Crime and Violence treatment in member countries of the European Union.
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Veas, Javier Escobar. "Smuggling of Migrants is and Should be Established as an Autonomous Offence." European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 27, no. 3 (July 26, 2019): 226–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02703003.
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The present paper critically analyses the European Union legislation on smuggling of migrants. According to the author’s opinion, the EU legislature and the majority of the European countries have confused this specific crime, regulated by international law in the Palermo Convention, with the offence of facilitating irregular immigration. This undue overlap between different types of crime generates multiple and complex problems. In first place, the paper studies the elements of smuggling of migrants in international law. In second place, it examines the reasons why is not convenient to conceive this crime and the offence of facilitating irregular immigration as functional equivalents. Finally, the paper proposes to clearly differentiate the elements of both crimes and their respective scopes of application.
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Caviedes, Alexander A. "The Migration-Crime Nexus and the Press in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom." Migration Letters 15, no. 2 (April 29, 2018): 167–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/ml.v15i2.367.
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This article explores the link between migrants and crime as portrayed in the European press. Examining conservative newspapers from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2016, the study situates the press coverage in each individual country within a comparative perspective that contrasts the frequency of the crime narrative to that of other prominent narratives, as well as to that in the other countries. The article also charts the prevalence of this narrative over time, followed by a discussion of which particular aspects of crime are most commonly referenced in each country. The findings suggest that while there has been no steady increase in the coverage of crime and migration, the press securitizes migration by focusing on crime through a shared emphasis on human trafficking and the non-European background of the perpetrators. However, other frames advanced in these newspapers, such as fraud or organized crime, comprise nationally distinctive characteristics.