PHENOMENON OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND SPECIFICS IT IN THE LIGHT OF CURRENT ROMANIA

THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZED CR IME DOES NOT APPLY TO SMALL GROUPS OF CRIMINALS BUT LARGE GROUPS, WELL ORGANIZED CRIMINALS WHO OPERATE IN A RELATIVELY WELL -DEFINED TERRITORY AND MAINTAIN REGULAR LINKS WITH OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF LEGITIMATE SOCIETY. IN THE WEST ORGANIZED CRIME REFERS TO GAMBLING, PROSTITUTION, ILLICIT SALE OF LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DRUGS, MOVIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS PORNOGRAPHY, SCAMS LARGE SCALE EXTORTION OF FUNDS FROM CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS OR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, TO ENSURE A SO -CALLED "PROTECTION" ONEROUS LOANS FROM MONEYLENDERS, THE SALE OF STOLEN GOODS, SMUGGLING AND THE EXISTENCE OF LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PURPOSES OF "MONEY LAUNDERING". THESE ACTIVITIES VERY PROFITABLE, COULD NOT TAKE PLACE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE INTERESTED GENERAL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LAW AND EVEN A PART OF THE POPULATION. SO, ORGANIZED CRIME COULD NOT BE PRESENT WITHOUT CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHICH INCLUDE POLITICIANS, POLICE, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES ETC. ANOTHER FEATURE OF ORGANIZED CRIME REFERS TO THE FREQUENT COOPERATION W ITH HONEST CITIZENS. BECAUSE TYPE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFERS FREQUENTLY, "SERVICES" OF THAT PERSON, SO PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED, OFTEN, POLICE INTERVENTIONS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF LAW IN ORDER TO DEVELOP STRONG ACTION AGAINST THESE UNLAWFUL. THE INTERMINGLING OF ILLICIT ACTIVITIES WITH THE LAWFUL COOPERATION OF MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE HOLDERS OF POWER AND ILLICIT REQUESTS FOR SERVICES

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