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Economic Crisis and Organized Crime in Lithuania
Economic Crisis and Organized Crime in Lithuania

Author(s): Aurelijus Gutauskas
Subject(s): National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Labor relations, Criminology, Penal Policy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Mykolas Romeris University
Keywords: organized crime; economic crisis; tendencies of the evaluation of organized crime activity; criminal activity;

Summary/Abstract: Tendencies of organized crime in the context of economical crisis are dealt in the article. The author shows his own position about the economical crisis and how it influenced organized crime in Lithuania. The reasons of economical crisis, characteristics and peculiarities of crimes of organized groups, which operate in Lithuania, are discussed in the article. The author reveals specific features, which enable to evaluate the real influence of organized groups to the economical state of Lithuania.

  • Issue Year: 18/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 303-326
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English