Models of organized crime in the Baltic Sea Region: criminal hierarchal structures
Stable criminal hierarchal structures have given up their place for flexible and changing organizations and networks in the Baltic Sea Region, that can be created for performing certain single "projects". Criminal structures can fulfill economic, social and quasi-state tasks. The different...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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SIAK-Journal
Year: 2009, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 24-30 |
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| Summary: | Stable criminal hierarchal structures have given up their place for flexible and changing organizations and networks in the Baltic Sea Region, that can be created for performing certain single "projects". Criminal structures can fulfill economic, social and quasi-state tasks. The different social embeddedness determines the structure of organized crime. The author distinguishes between four main criminal networks. First are the criminal networks that have no social support structure in their countries of operation. Second are the criminal networks based on a sub-culture. Third are the criminal networks that exist in the society in a hidden form that includes seemingly lawabiding individuals who have no obstacles for using the legitimate social infrastructure. Fourth, the networks intertwined with the elite in power, the participants of which have a direct access to the decision processes of politics, business and media. |
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| ISSN: | 1813-3495 |
| DOI: | 10.7396/2009_2_C |