The influence of organized and financial crime on the security in Croatia

Cilj ovog rada je prikazati najvažnija obilježja organiziranog i gospodarskog kriminaliteta, definicije, njihov nastanak i razvoj, te njihovo značenje na nacionalnu sigurnost Republike Hrvatske. Kad govorimo o kaznenim djelima iz domene organiziranog i gospodarskog kriminaliteta, mora se naglasiti da se radi o izrazito složenim kaznenim djelima čije otkrivanje, procesuiranje, te dokazivanje pred sudskim tijelima u smislu konačnog ishoda pravomoćne sudske presude, iziskuje potrebu za uporabom širokog spektra raspoloživih zakonskih dokaznih radnji, uglavnom onih s popisa posebnih dokaznih radnji Zakona o kaznenom postupku, kojima se znatno zadire u ustavna prava njihovih počinitelja. Usporedno pojavnim oblicima organiziranog i gospodarskog kriminaliteta prikazan je i sustav državnih službi, ureda i agencija koje su zadužene za njihovo praćenje i suzbijanje. One predstavljaju svojevrstan odgovor države na izazove koje predstavljaju ove vrste kriminaliteta, kao i doseg utjecaja koji oni imaju na sigurnost u Hrvatskoj.The aim of this graduate thesis is to present the most important features of organized and financial crime, their definitions, origin and development, along with its significance to the Croatian national security. When we talk about criminal offenses in the field of organized and financial crime, it must be emphasized that these are extremely complex criminal offenses whose detection, prosecution and proofing before judicial authorities, requires the use of a wide range of available legal criminal procedures, mainly from the list of special investigation procedures from the Criminal Procedure Code, which significantly intrude on the constitutional rights of their perpetrators. Along with the emerging forms of organized and financial crime, I also presented the system of Government law enforcement agencies and departments which are in charge of monitoring and combating these crimes. They represent a Croatian national response to the challenges posed by these types of crime, as well as the impact they have on the overall security situation in Croatia