Abstract
<p><span lang="EN-US">The article presents a criminological and forensic analysis of selected forms of contemporary organized crime in Poland, with particular emphasis on criminal terror, human trafficking, car crime, money laundering and cross-border crime. The study indicates the most important methods used by offenders in the analyzed areas from the perspective of criminology and forensics. The article aims at presenting the phenomenology (also known as symptomatology) of organized crime, including the dynamics and structure of crime in general, the methods of committing particular crimes and some elements of how the criminal world is organized. The author also points to the etiology of the characterized criminal activities. Among others, the reports on the activities of the Central Police Investigation Bureau have been used during the research. As a result of the analysis, several remarks have been formulated. First of all, the character of the presented forms of organized crime in Poland changes with time. Secondly, groups that demonstrate strictly criminal activities are still present in the public space. Thirdly, crime becomes more interdisciplinary and the criminal groups enter new areas of criminal activities. The article may form a contribution to further research in this area, including especially the development of effective mechanisms for the prevention of organized crime.</span></p>
Highlights
The subject of considerations in this article are the criminological and forensic issues of selected forms of contemporary organized crime in Poland
The study indicates the most important methods used by offenders in the analyzed areas from the perspective of criminology and forensics
It should be emphasized that alongside groups operating in the sphere of economy and drug trafficking market, a prominent place in the arena of organized crime is held by groups of criminal character
Summary
Economic crimes in the form of money laundering and financing of terrorism are perhaps the most difficult sphere of organized criminal group activities to penalize. The reason for this is the lack of well-established methods of recognizing them, which is conducive to their intensification and evolution. There are two aspects to the reasons for the activity of Polish organized criminal groups in the sphere of cross-border crime: the geopolitical location and the Polish accession to the structures of the European Union These two facts form a natural “channel” of criminal activity connecting the countries of the former USSR with Western Europe. Wpływ integracji europejskiej na zjawisko przestępczości zorganizowanej w Polsce, “Przegląd Policyjny” 2004, no. 4, pp. 148–150
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