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CSD Policy Brief No. 63: Extortion racketeering: the vulnerability assessment approach
CSD Policy Brief No. 63: Extortion racketeering: the vulnerability assessment approach

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Sociology, Criminology, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Law
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Keywords: CSD; CSD Policy Briefs; Center for the Study of Democracy; Extortion; racketeering
Summary/Abstract: Extortion racketeering has long been pointed out as the defining activity of organised crime. It has also been identified as one of the most effective tools used by organised crime in the accumulation of financial resources and the penetration of the legal economy. Although in recent years this crime has not been among the top listed organised crime threats in the strategic EU policy documents, it still remains ever present in European countries. The seriousness of the phenomenon has been recognised at the EU level and the crime has been listed in a number of EU legal acts in the field of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

  • Page Count: 8
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Language: English