ORGANIZED CRIME IN CROATIA

Osnovni namen pisanja diplomske naloge je predstavitev, definiranje problematike in razumevanje organiziranega kriminala na Hrvaškem. Pri pojmu „organizirani kriminal“ se soočamo z velikim številom različnih kaznivih dejanj, ki so, ko gre za denar, v veliki meri neomejene. V nadaljevanju bomo skozi spremljanje dogodkov, predstavili, kaj se sedaj dogaja oz. kaj se je dogajalo na Hrvaškem. Ti dogodki so se pojavljali zlasti v oblikah korupcije in pranja denarja ter političnih pregonov, ki so pretresli politično in javno sfero. Odkrilo se je, da je bila tedanja vladajoča politična scena (HDZ) zelo korumpirana in mafijsko nastrojena. To pomeni, da je jemala denar v lasten žep iz vseh fondov in vseh inštitucij, zraven so bili tudi aktualni nakupi, ki so bili v veliki meri precenjeni, saj si je delež denarja prisvojila. Organizirani kriminal je zelo kompleksen. Za njegovo odkrivanje in preprečevanje je potrebno intenzivno mednarodno interdisciplinarno sodelovanje, le tako lahko strokovnjaki pridejo do informacij oziroma indicij in dokazov ter skušajo preprečiti organizirane skupine, ki se ukvarjajo s tovrstnimi kaznivimi dejanji. Pomanjkljivost raziskave je precej velik problem. Diplomska naloga vsebuje aktualne zadeve, ki se še vedno obravnavajo na sodišču. Omejitve so tudi v tem, da veliko število oseb noče oddati zaupnih informacij o teh zadevah, verjetno zaradi lastne varnosti.The basic purpose of writing this thesis isto present and define the issues and to understand organized crime in Croatia. Under the concept of "organized crime" we are faced with a large number of different offenses that, when it comes to money, are boundless. Further we will go through the monitoring of events, present in what is happening now and what happened in Croatia. These events occurred primarily in the form of corruption, money laundering and political persecution, which shook the political and public sphere. Found out that the political scene which was dominant in that time (HDZ), was very corrupt and mafia-inspired. This means that they have taken the money in their own pocket in the terms of all the founds and in all institutions they can get, along with the already current purchases which have been largely overestimated, because they have a portion of the money appropirated. Organized crime is very complex. Detection and prevention requires an intense international interdisciplinary collaboration so professional scan come up with any information, clues and evidence to promote and try to prevent organized groups dealing with such offenses. The lack of research is a very big problem. The thesis contains current cases which are still dealt in court. Restrictions are in large number of people refusing to hand over confidential information about those cases, probably due to their own safety