Editor’s Note: The complete study (340 pages, 22MB) study, “From illegal markets to legitimate businesses: the portfolio of organised crime in Europe; Final Report of Project OCP – Organised Crime Portfolio” is attached here.
From: TheMobMuseum.org
The first of three parts on the state of organized crime in Europe.
By Jeff Burbank
Russian/Georgian, Italian and Chinese organized crime syndicates, motorcycle gangs and criminal groups of British, Dutch and Turkish origin are involved in the highest number of illicit markets in Europe, where revenues from criminal enterprises amount to at least $120 billion a year, according to a new study of organized crime throughout Europe.
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The top illegal enterprises analyzed in depth in the study include the dealing of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, trafficking in human beings, illegal trading of cigarettes, production and sales of counterfeit products, tax fraud and property crimes such as cargo theft.
