Probing russian organised crime

London

A new two-year project analysing the problems of organised crime in Russia and the Baltic States is under way, funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council.

Dr Paddy Rawlinson is one of three researchers who will be surveying the potential effects of cross-border movement of Russian and Baltic criminal groups into the European Union.

Various case studies will be used to generate an understanding of how criminal organisations interact with legitimate economic and political structures and how the authorities respond.

EU policy responses to Russian crime groups will be evaluated, as will those from international law enforcement organisations, such as Europol and the UK's National Criminal Intelligence Service.

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