Fight Against International Organised Crime

Fight against international organised crime and the Treaties of the European Union

Description of Fight against international organised crime provided by the European Union Commission: The European Union has attached priority to the fight against organised crime. A plan of action approved by the Council in April 1997 sets out a series of measures to combat the phenomenon. The Amsterdam Treaty includes organised crime among the priority criminal phenomena to be combated by the EU. Article 29 of the EU Treaty states that the Union objective of assuring the citizen a high degree of protection in an area of freedom, security and justice is to be achieved “by preventing and combating crime, organised or otherwise”. Following the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, the Council in March 2000 adopted “The prevention and control of organised crime: a European Union strategy for the beginning of the new millennium”, following up the action plan of April 1997. The European Union also adopted a joint action (21 December 1998) which defines organised crime in the following terms: “a criminal organisation shall mean a structured association, established over a period of time, of more than two persons, acting in concert with a view to committing offences which are punishable by deprivation of liberty or a detention order of a maximum of at least four years or a more serious penalty, whether such offences are an end in themselves or a means of obtaining material benefits and, where appropriate, of improperly influencing the operation of public authorities”.

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Fight against international organised crime and the Treaties of the European Union

Description of Fight against international organised crime provided by the European Union Commission: The European Union has attached priority to the fight against organised crime. A plan of action approved by the Council in April 1997 sets out a series of measures to combat the phenomenon. The Amsterdam Treaty includes organised crime among the priority criminal phenomena to be combated by the EU. Article 29 of the EU Treaty states that the Union objective of assuring the citizen a high degree of protection in an area of freedom, security and justice is to be achieved “by preventing and combating crime, organised or otherwise”. Following the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, the Council in March 2000 adopted “The prevention and control of organised crime: a European Union strategy for the beginning of the new millennium”, following up the action plan of April 1997. The European Union also adopted a joint action (21 December 1998) which defines organised crime in the following terms: “a criminal organisation shall mean a structured association, established over a period of time, of more than two persons, acting in concert with a view to committing offences which are punishable by deprivation of liberty or a detention order of a maximum of at least four years or a more serious penalty, whether such offences are an end in themselves or a means of obtaining material benefits and, where appropriate, of improperly influencing the operation of public authorities”.

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Popular Treaties Topics

• Treaties of the United Nations (UN)
• Types of Treaties
• International Treaties
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