The International Law and the Organized Crime

Abstract

The essay presents some causes of reflection concerning the studies on organised crime in the perspective of international law and the European Union. It is argued that such studies can make a valuable contribution for the understanding of the international Community's strategy in contrasting the transnational organised crime. The aim is  to highlight its current criticality and the reflections that itself produces in the internal systems and, as a result, the preventive and repressive action of the States. In particular, the essay illustrates: the fundamental characteristics of the international and European legal system in the process of forming, the results achieved and the future possibilities in harmonising the state criminal legislation on organised crime; in the assault on the assets of criminal organizations; and finally, in police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The essay concludes with some critical remarks on the shortcomings that characterize the international and European policies underlying the two legal regimes in the fierce.