NCJ Number
208447
Date Published
December 2004
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of organized crime in the European Union for 2004.
Abstract
Since its inception in 1993, the Organized Crime Report has developed into a threat assessment orientated report. The report attempts to obtain and disseminate information about organized crime (OC) in the European Union (EU). The report is considered a strategic tool in understanding OC in Europe. The report is intended to enable national governments and parliaments to formulate an European Union strategic policy to fight OC from an international perspective. In addition, it supports law enforcement decisionmakers to set priorities and allocate resources, as well as understand specific details of OC in a broader context. The report is divided into four main sections: (1) overall patterns and general trends; (2) the threat from organized crime outlines the involvement of indigenous and non-indigenous OC groups in the European Union and the involvement of OC groups into multi-crime activities and facilitating crimes against persons, such as illegal immigration and trafficking of human beings; (3) recommendations that are policy-oriented and operationally relevant, and intelligence requirements; and (4) contributions made to the report by Member States (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and Norway.