Consequences of organized crime for national security

Abstract

Organized crime is one of the greatest threats to modern civilization, which increasingly tends to assume global significance and threaten human survival, economy, economic and financial systems, the environment, as well as the achievements and values of human civilization. The paper deals with some aspects of the problem of organized crime, as one of the most serious contemporary non-military threats to national and international security. When it comes to threats to national security, destructive effects on all areas of social and state life are evident. Organized crime is not only very serious, but it is insufficiently visible and incompletely explored social phenomenon. Starting from the actuality of organized crime as a phenomenon, the paper points to the evolution and new threatening dimensions of contemporary organized crime, as well as the consequences for citizens and national security. In addition, there is a brief review of the legislative framework, and the activities and results achieved by the police in suppressing this phenomenon. Organized crime, as a severe form of criminal activity, can not be completely eradicated. However, certain forms of struggle can reduce it to a more tolerable level, with the ultimate aim to suppress it effectively with adequate resources and, if possible, eradicate in areas where it inflicts the most damage. The harm from organized crime is reflected primarily in its destructive action on the most important social values and goods: democracy, rule of law, democratic institutions, and the market economy.