Acknowledgements
This Risk Bulletin is an output of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime’s Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe. We would like to thank Damijana Žist for her valuable contribution.
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- Summary highlights
- About this issue
- 1 Decryption of messaging app provides valuable insight into criminal activities in the Western Balkans and beyond.
- 2 Montenegrin sailors are involved in global drug trafficking schemes, damaging the reputation of Montenegro’s rich maritime tradition.
- 3 Arrests of police officers in Kosovo reveal a culture of bribe taking among border police and a strong internal investigation system in the police inspectorate.
- 4 Maritime routes become more popular for trafficking through the Balkans.
- 5 Slovenia is a crossroads for criminality between the Balkans and central Europe.
- 6 Low police salaries in the Western Balkans risk increasing corruption among police forces.
- 7 Football hooliganism in the Western Balkans reveals links between hooliganism, politics, violence and crime, although these vary across the region.
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