Criminal Finances and Organising Crime in Europe

As the European Union is expanding eastward, concerns for cross-border crime and crime control gain a new meaning in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the European Union. What are the implications of illegal markets, flows of illegal monies, ans corruption in the context of a rapidy changing political and social framework? What are the hard facts and what are the real challenges? What are the appropriate responses? This volume contains contributions from some of Europe's leading representatives from the academic field and law enforcement, from East and West, to shed light on some of the most pressing issues of European Criminal policy today: the structure and dynamics of illegal markets, the functioning and dimensions of illicit money management and money laundering, the many faces of corruption, and the different approaches to combating organized business crime, corruption and financial crime.