Organized crime as a threat to security systems – serbian experience (JOVASEVIC & BATRICEVIC 2013)

Dragan JOVAŠEVIĆ  & Ana BATRIĆEVIĆ, Organized crime as a threat to security systems – serbian experience,

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„Studia Securitas”, Ed. Univ. „L. Blaga”, Sibiu, 2/2013, p. 86-102

 

Abstract

Not only does organized crime, emerging in various forms and shapes, seriously endanger national security of all contemporary states, but it also represents an international, global problem. That is the reason why several international legal documents have been adopted under the auspices of universal as well as regional and international organizations. These legal sources establish a system of international standards in order to provide adequate, efficient, effective and lawful suppression of organized crime and each state is expected to implement and apply them within their national legislations. In the past couple of years, during the process of European integration, the Republic of Serbia has been making significant efforts, particularly in normative and legislative sphere, in order to establish an efficient mechanism for prevention and suppression of organized crime. In this paper, the authors analyze essential characteristics of this form of crime and discuss its general effects on the safety of security systems.

 

Keywords

International Conventions, Organized Crime, Criminal Law, Serbia, Punishment

 

Institutional affiliation of the authors:

University of Niš, Faculty of Law

Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade

 

 

La Politique Commune de Sécurité et de Défense de l'Union Européene (PCSD) et l'Evolution Stratégique de l'UE (VUKCEVIC 2013)

Dejana VUKČEVIĆ, La Politique Commune de Sécurité et de Défense de l'Union Européene (PCSD) et l'Evolution Stratégique de l'UE

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„Studia Securitas”, Ed. Univ. „L. Blaga”, Sibiu, 2/2013, p. 7-18

 

Abstract

The development of the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union (CSDP) has allowed the EU to become more visible and more present on the international scene as a global actor. However, what are the principles which make the EU to act in the crisis management? Is there a common strategic concept specific to the EU which would present a common vision of the objectives and the operational needs for EU operations under the CSDP? The purpose of this article is to present the influence of the CSDP for the development of the strategic evolution of the EU. The article will be divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the convergence of strategic cultures of EU Member States, while in the second part the author analyzes the impact of the European Security Strategy on the strategic evolution of the EU. The author concludes that the Common Security and Defence Policy of the EU contributes to the development of a strategic culture specific to the EU that will eventually lead to the development of the common strategic concept.

 

Keywords

Common Security and Defence Policy, Strategic evolution of the EU, Strategic culture, Strategic concept, Socialization, Europeanization.

 

Institutional affiliation of the authors: Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia