The organized crime control system: national and transnational aspects

Organized crime does not confine itself to the boundaries of the national territory of a certain state. In fact, it is an international process, and, in essence, one of the top levels of criminal evolution. This feature is most vividly demonstrated when applied to criminal organizations whose activity have become international and engendered the phenomenon of transnational organized crime. Criminality of this kind possesses a powerful potential and is highly dynamical. Therefore it poses a serious danger to the existence of both certain states and the world community as a whole because it acts in the spheres of jurisdiction of different states and destroy financial markets and the economies of many states. The governmental resources that are designed to solve many social and economic problems are not enough to offset the criminal organizations at all. The article is focused on the analysis and assessment of effectiveness of common and specially-criminological measures against organized crime at the national and international levels. Unfortunately the world community has not formulated a coherent organized crime fighting strategy yet. It has failed to address the wide range of challenges presented by the organized crime through efficient law enforcement efforts. This is extremely important for both the understanding of the discussed tendencies and the development of the appropriate countermeasures to organized crime. In the present article the authors considered all the above specified features as much as it was possible