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Organized Crime
Among the countries of the former Soviet Union and Central and
Eastern Europe as well as other emerging democracies, human
trafficking, smuggling, money laundering, and other unlawful
activities that destroy public trust and human security are not
uncommon. Practitioners and academics often use different
definitions for organized crime. Some concentrate on the origins,
others the mechanism and outcomes of the phenomenon. Regardless
of the choice of definition though, most inquiries focus on the
ambiguous relationship between states and organized crime. At
times, the state is controlled by and very useful to organized
crime. At other times, organized crime is controlled by and
very useful to the state. Disruption of this link is a compelling
policy puzzle since it is the state itself which has power,
resources, and legitimization to become the center for action.
The current research proposes to address the possibilities of
concentrated domestic and transnational actions to fight
organized crime.
Fellow projects in 2005:
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