16 February 2006

Regarding Organized Crime

Over the past 10 years or more, with reference to the dangers of organized crime, the entire system of criminal law has undergone a series of fundamental changes. However, it has still not been clarified what defines organized crime and exactly wherein the particular danger lies. Jorg Kinzig of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg has compiled a study that shows that organized crime is primarily a paraphrase for a new approach to investigation and prosecution. Full story (PDF).

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