Organized crime as a current security threat

Abstract

Scientific and professional community, and political subjects, both at national and at the international level have a unique position that organized crime is now one of the most dangerous security threats. However, such consent does not exist in terms of conceptual determination, identification, dimensions and of choice of methods to counter organized crime. The first part of this article describes the main trends in the conceptual definition of organized crime, social and political context of the use of this term and the subjects who have contributed to it becoming one of the main concepts of modern scientific and professional discussions about crime. The second part indicates the dynamics of organized crime as a security threat in the territory of Europe, and the last part presents and analyzes the development of organized crime in Serbia and attitudes of scientists and experts, political entities and state bodies and institutions towards this phenomenon.

Naučna i stručna javnost, ali i politički subjekti, kako na nacionalnom tako i na međunarodnom planu, imaju jedinstven stav da organizovani kriminal danas predstavlja jednu od najozbiljnijih bezbednosnih pretnji. Međutim, takva saglasnost ne postoji u pogledu pojmovnog određivanja, identifikovanja, razmera i izbora metoda za suprotstavljanje organizovanom kriminalu. U prvom delu rada predstavljeni su osnovni trendovi u pojmovnom definisanju organizovanog kriminala, društveni i politički kontekst upotrebe ovog pojma i akteri koji su doprineli da on postane jedan od glavnih koncepata savremene naučne i stručne diskusije o kriminalu. Drugi deo rada ukazuje na dinamiku razvoja organizovanog kriminala kao bezbednosne pretnje na području Evrope, a poslednji deo prikazuje i analizira razvoj organizovanog kriminala u Srbiji i odnos naučne i stručne javnosti, političkih subjekata i državnih organa i institucija prema ovom fenomenu.