Fight against organized crime - a strategy to stimulate cooperation in the EU

Transnational organized crime has become a major topic on the agenda of international institutions. The mobilization of the international community has led to an impressive number of institutional responses to what has been described as a global challenge. The fight against organized crime focuses on strengthening police and judicial cooperation, addressing criminal structures and priority forms of crime, eliminating the profits generated by crime and implementing modern means of action in the face of technological developments. Organized criminal groups continue to grow and evolve, as evidenced by the growing number of counterfeit medical products and online crime, which shows that these groups have adapted rapidly to the Covid-19 pandemic. Organized criminal groups active in Europe are involved in a range of criminal activities dominated by drug trafficking, organized crime against property, fraud, migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings. The strategy proposes tools and measures that will be used over the next five years to disrupt the business models and structures of criminal organizations beyond borders, both online and offline.