Features

Bulgaria’s national strategy to counter hybrid threats By Mihail Naydenov, defense and international security expert The Kremlin’s hybrid warfare campaign against NATO and the European Union — in particular the subversive activities…

Cross-domain coercion and Russia’s efforts to weaken NATO’s eastern flank By Cmdr. Roslaw Jezewski, Polish Navy and national military representative at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Russian President Vladimir Putin has…

An informal group of financial sleuths is critical to fighting transnational crime By Joseph Wheatley, trial attorney, Organized Crime and Gang Section, U.S. Department of Justice Transnational crime, including terrorist financing,…

Using Facebook, Twitter and other sites to combat organized crime By Tudoriu Constantin-Sorin | Photos by The Associated Press The international security environment has responded to the rapid development of the internet and mobile…

Interrupting the Money Flow Can Paralyze Terror Groups By Ivica Simonovski, Ph.D., Financial Intelligence Officeof the Republic of North Macedonia. Photos by The Associated Press One of the key elements in the fight against terrorism is…

Whether trafficked or smuggled, immigrants can be exploited By Vladan Lukic, chief police inspector, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Serbia Discussions about human smuggling in Southeast Europe or along the “Balkan route” are mostly…

Ukraine develops a comprehensive national strategy to counter organized crime By Maj. Andrii Rudyi. Organized crime and corruption analyst, Security Service of Ukraine  A well-coordinated and organized response that sufficiently…

A specialized office targets organized crime By Saša Manojlovic and Marta Šamota Galjer Corruption and organized crime emerged as serious problems in the Republic of Croatia and other Balkan states as they worked to transition from the…

Why it should concern us all By Laura Diorella Islas Limiñana, the Standing Group on Organised Crime of the European Consortium for Political Research Cocaine production is growing again, despite the exhaustive, combined efforts of…

What history reveals about the future By János Matus, Ph.D., International Business School, Budapest, Hungary The British vote to leave the European Union came as a surprise to many people and raised many questions about the EU’s…