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Joint investigative teams as a mechanism of The UN Convention against transnational organized crime

Transnational organized crime, besides terrorism, is undoubtedly the biggest threat to modern society at the beginning of the III millennium. New forms of organized crime, such as cybercrime, trafficking of human beings and human organs, money laundering, illegal migration, illegal trafficking in new types of narcotics, threaten to undermine the foundations of human civilization, demolish the state and its organization, disregard democracy and the rule of law. In response to these challenges, the United Nations adopted the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, 2001) and III Supplementary Protocol. The signatory states of the Palermo Convention have undertaken to harmonize national legislation, adopt international standards and uniform solutions for the fight against organized crime. In the same way, Serbia, Croatia and other countries of the Region acted. One of the most important mechanisms for suppressing the most serious manifestations of transnational organized crime are Joint Investigation Teams, a significant form of international criminal justice and an effective instrument for the conduct of international investigations. It is the most direct form of international police and judicial cooperation, involving authorities and representatives of several states, who work together and coordinate measures and actions in the undertaken investigations. The paper examines the cooperation in the work of the joint investigation teams of the countries of the Region, it indicates the situation and the movement of organized crime in the territory of Serbia and Croatia. In the final part we propose measurement for improving the fight against organized crime and strengthening international criminal justice and police cooperation.

organized crime ; Palermo convention ; special investigative techniques and special authorities ; police ; Serbia, Croatia and the EU

Sv. 2: ISBN 978–86–7020–386–0