COMBATEREA CRIMINALITĂȚII ORGANIZATE TRANSNAȚIONALE ÎN UE – PROVOCĂRI ȘI CONTRAMĂSURI
COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME IN THE EU – CHALLENGES AND COUNTERMEASURES

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses one of the subject that is an important topic on the state’s and global law enforcement agencies’ agenda, namely international organised crime. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organised crime is one the major threats against security and inhibits the social, cultural, political and economic development of world societies and one that is frequently involved in trafficking of human beings, arms, drugs, vehicles, money laundering, defrauding etc. We have witnessed in the last 2 decades a change in crime dynamics, from a predominantly local and national phenomenon to its spreading across state borders and becoming a global event. Today, organised crime has a strong international presence and fully takes advantage of an unprecedented development in technology and communications, financial markets and free trade. In response, nation states, especially in the European Union, have set up mechanisms designed to prevent, limit and counteract organised crime and also a series of supranational agencies to assist and support national law enforcement units and to facilitate the exchange of information and intelligence. As mentioned in the paper, the international character of organised crime requires and international approach from crime fighting agencies.

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