Secondary abstract: |
This master thesis represents development of strategic concept of detecting and preventing organized crime on the international, European Union and national level, and measures, which could contribute to more efficient combat against this relatively new social phenomenon. In the past, the international community did not have a coordinated response to this challenging criminal activity. Number of measures accepted was not adequate and methodically linked. It would be necessary to upgrade the existent or form a new developed paradigm, regarding the predicted trends and indicators. Organized crime has transnational characteristics, and without developing joined international strategy on fighting organized crime and participating in its investigation, we are condemned to failure. At the same time, we cannot overlook the fact, that investigating serious criminal offences, including organized crime activities, with classic measures and investigative tools, it is not efficient any more. Therefore, use of covert investigation measures represents ʺsine qua nonʺ of contemporary detection of those activities, taking into consideration that misusing those measures and possibilities of human rights violation are many-sided. Differently organized security agencies, disunited standard of proof and its time limitation, to some extent lower or even make impossible to efficiently investigate serious criminal offences and combat organized crime. On the base of comparative analysis of those standards between different countries, we have defined changes, which could enable higher methodical, legislation and operative level of adjustment in Slovene investigative practice and assure more efficient combat against organized crime groups and their activities. |