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It states: "The absconding may be at the facilitation of organised crime groups and the children may then be exploited for financial gain. "

Organised crime, corruption and a judiciary buried under a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases are only the most urgent tasks.

He went into aluminium trading and then the industry itself in the early 1990s at a time when the industry was plagued with organised crime.

It's not about happy hackers now. It's about organised crime, people making a living out of it.

The authorities' goal of turning organised crime into a policing problem, rather than a threat to national security, remains a distant one.

"Legalisation won't stop organised crime, nor its rivalries and violence, " he said.

The state government said that all of the victims that have been identified so far had ties to organised crime.

Like its predecessors, this book proposes a deep and abiding connection between organised crime and the upper levels of American government.

A Brazilian judge known for her work against organised crime has been shot dead in Rio de Janeiro state.

A splinter group of Anonymous has previously hacked the website of the CIA and of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Some suspect that organised-crime groups from China and South-East Asia, where match-fixing is said to be rife, were involved.

These include organised crime, corruption, party cronyism and a media hobbled by political and commercial interests.

Mr Calderon had a similar message, saying international organised crime was "the biggest threat to our region" .

Well, not quite those rights and values, if the findings of a Council of Europe investigation into organised crime in Kosovo are correct.

When it comes to fighting organised crime, the states of the western Balkans have much to do.

Plenty of older EU members suffer from organised crime and corruption, and have had bad or unstable governments.

The arrests quickly began to expose the extent of organised crime.

Around the world, organised crime robs people of billions of dollars every year and undermines trust in government.

Two Mexican generals have been detained on suspicion of involvement in organised crime, allegations they deny.

To take just one example often cited by new members, Italy can hardly claim to be free of organised crime.

But organised crime, often hidden from public view, may well continue to take a back seat to more obvious nuisances .

In the northern triangle, weak law enforcement and tracts of wilderness make a perfect environment for organised crime.

The most immediate problem is organised crime and its penetration of the security forces.

In May the two countries announced plans for a regional centre to fight organised crime.

Organised crime is now the main cause of the bloodshed.

BULGARIA'S entry into the European Union was delayed by worries over corruption, organised crime and slow judicial reform.

But it is unlikely to be adequately funded, and it does nothing to take organised crime out of the picture.

The biggest threat now comes from organised crime, whose attacks against journalists often have the aim of inducing self-censorship.

An experimental unit in the East Midlands has drawn together officers from five forces to focus on organised crime to good effect, it seems.

THE Mexican drug "cartels" are the most powerful organised-crime outfits inthe Western world.

In the eyes of business leaders the government's lack of success against organised crime is on a par with its failure to reform the economy.

Links to organised crime and illegal or unethical labour practices were also only checked in detail by 30 per cent of those surveyed.

Bulgaria and Romania now face sanctions for failing to fight hard enough against corruption and organised crime.

The Serbian government is trumpeting this as a crackdown on organised crime.

But interior ministers, fearful of organised crime and drug- and people-trafficking, refuse to agree.

But in its responses to drug-trafficking and organised crime that ideal has been severely weakened.

Despite the government's repeated assurances that it is turning a corner in its battle against organised crime, the violence continues.

They would follow cases of political corruption and organised crime that the judicial system has been slow to tackle.

However, violence and organised crime have become so pervasive in some cities that they threaten hard-won political and economic progress.

Investigates complex organised crime and serious triad offences.

Any links between organised crime and politicians should be smashed.

All the while, Ping was learning about the " snakehead " organised crime group that owned her.

When they give significant aid it's when countries have been invaded by organised crime.

Brazil The UN has accused police of killing suspects and participating in organised crime.

Selling even this flawed system to people in producer countries, where organised crime is the central political issue, is fairly easy.

Some politicians still seem untouchable, as do some organised-crime groups.

EU officials (and most Bulgarians) believe that organised crime reaches the highest levels of government.

He regarded the anti-drugs laws as virtually a government subsidy for organised crime.

In other ways they are part of the new face of organised crime in the region.

Montenegro gets a special pat on the back for its fight against organised crime.

But it is wary of a possible rise in related social problems such as addiction, prostitution and organised crime.

These mistakes have helped to create the world's most powerful organised-crime syndicates.

Organised crime feeds on Central America's other weaknesses.

It is a fortress of the local organised-crime group, the 'Ndrangheta.

This organised crime has brought increased violence (see chart 5), though not everywhere.

To make matters worse, the city was in the grip of organised crime.

MEXICO'S national media have followed every gruesome twist of the government's battle with organised crime.

There are grounds for concern over organised crime and corruption, especially in Bulgaria.

There are also good reasons to suspect economic motives linked to Mafia-style organised crime.

But all around are regions racked with organised crime.

and everyone who connives at organised crime.

while getting tough on organised crime.

In 2004 President Rolandas Paksas was impeached amid speculation over his ties to organised crime.

'He's a gangster involved in organised crime.

Most people think that organised crime is a problem in Britain, but many fewer say it looms large in their own area.

Montenegrin officials say these are Serbian slurs and insist they are doing all they can to clamp down on organised crime.

At the same time, some Shabab gunmen have peeled off into organised crime.

He chose to tackle organised crime which was largely unchecked under his predecessors.

Organised crime does play a large part in ID theft.

At least he and Mr Dacic say they want to press on with EU integration and with fighting organised crime

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Mr Pukanic had run a series of articles about organised crime in the region