Strateški Odgovor Srbije Na Organizovani Kriminal
Strategic Response Of Serbia To Organized Crime

Summary/Abstract: Preparation of the National Strategy to Fight Organized Crime has featured only the first step in the suppression of organized crime, which needed to be taken after the 5 October changes. In order to efficiently fight organized crime it is necessary to develop cooperation and confidence between government bodies, private sector, and civil society. A positive and quite commendable development is that the authors of the Strategy have stressed the need for cooperation between the aforementioned players. The application of the three principles of the Strategy – developing preventive, repressive action and seizure of property acquired through crime constitutes an effort to achieve a more efficient suppression of organized crime. The objective of this paper is to analyze and thus feature positive elements and dilemmas of the Strategy and Action Plan, and to stress the importance of a strategic approach to fighting organized crime; feature current status and an alarming side to certain types of crimes; stress the role of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the civil society organizations in fighting organized crime.

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