Organized Crime Legislation in the European Union

Organized Crime Legislation in the European Union: Harmonization and Approximation of Criminal Law, National Legislations and the EU Framework Decision on the
Fight Against Organized Crime
Just a few months after the entry into force of the EU Framework Decision on the fight against organized crime,
this book provides an unprecedented analysis of the national and European legislation on organized crime.
The book provides a critical examination of the European policies and legal instruments to promote the
harmonization and approximation of criminal law in this field (including the United Nations Convention on
Transnational Organized Crime).
The current level of harmonization among EU Member States and the approximation to the standards of the new
Framework Decision are discussed in detail, with the help of tables, graphs and maps.
The results highlight the problems surrounding the international legal instruments and the inconsistencies of
the national approaches to combating organized crime.

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