International cooperation in criminal matters as a strategic commitment in the control of organized crime and terrorism

Abstract

The international dimension characterizes contemporary forms of organized crime (OC) and terrorism. in contrast, in most countries? current criminal justice systems, the principle of sovereignty, based on the exclusive competence of the national state in combating crime, is still dominant in the current criminal justice systems, both on a normative and practical basis level. This contradiction significantly impacts the effectiveness of controlling the mentioned forms of crime. As a solution, the development of existing and normative regulation and practical application of new forms of international criminal law cooperation (ICC) is imposed, which is highlighted as one of the dominant goals in a series of international strategic documents related to the suppression and prevention of modern forms of crime. This especially applies to the strategic documents of the European Union (EU), within which forms of the ICC based on modern principles, such as the principle of ?mutual recognition of court decisions,? have been developed. Therefore, implementing the mentioned forms of the ICC in the criminal legislation of Serbia should be one of the strategic goals of our country joining the EU. As part of this paper, an analysis of the content of relevant EU strategic documents will be carried out, in which the ICC in the control of OC and terrorism is highlighted as one of the strategic goals, and then the corresponding content of domestic strategies, which refer to the same matter, intending to define a proposal for revision valid and introduce relevant contents, related to the ICC, into future domestic strategic documents.