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Russian Organized Crime: Recent Trends in the Baltic Sea Region
...problem affecting all EU member states. This report documents recent trends. Contributors: Aurelijus Gutauskas, Walter Kegö, Liis Lill, Alexandru Molcean, Greg Nizhnikau, Vladimir Ovchinsky, Alexander Sukharenko, Andrejs Vilks, and Christina...
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Cigarette Smuggling: Poland to Sweden
Cigarette smuggling is a multibillion dollar industry which directly feeds off government revenue. Within the European Union (EU) there are losses of around 11.3 billion euro in tax...
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Tackling Europe’s “Spice” Problem
...funding for research and prevention, while shifting the burden of proof of legality to the manufacturers of such drugs, are all essential if Spice is to be tackled effectively....
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Knark – En Miljökatastrof
Narkotikaindustrin är en bransch som inte bara har en negativ påverkan på människor och hälsan. Vid produktion, transport och distribution av narkotika förstörs miljön genom kemisk förorening, skogsskövling...
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Tallying the Hidden Environmental Costs of Drug Production
Drug production is a significant factor in widespread environmental degradation, yet a lack of reliable data makes it difficult to pinpoint the extent of this damage. Future research...
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New Frontiers: Russian-Speaking Organized Crime in Latin America
...Russian-speaking organized crime is capitalizing on and flourishing in the “permissive environment” of Latin American countries. Principally involved in drug trafficking and money laundering, it is also colluding effectively...
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The Rise of Transnational Russian-Speaking Organized Crime
Transnational Russian-Speaking Organized Crime is a growing scourge for the whole of Europe. Taking advantage of its unique “assets,” it also exploits eased border controls, new technologies, and...
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Reassessing the Risk Based Anti-Money Laundering Strategy
...schemes, the criminals are in effect investigating themselves. Governments in these countries must reassess their risk-based strategies, and with the help of the EU, increase the means of regulation to...
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The Untouchables: Russian ‘dirty money’ in Europe
In Europe, Russian organized crime rackets are quickly gathering a name for themselves as “untouchables.” As their wealth increases and EU banking regulation falters, it is a name...