Development of Institutional Capacities, Standards and Procedures for Fighting Organized Crime and Terrorism in Climate of International Integrations

The expansion of organized crime and terrorism in conditions of social and economic crisis, armed conflicts and political instability of the 1990s, have made it difficult for Serbia to fully develop its institutional capacities, standards and procedures for more effective prevention and suppression of these forms of crime, and for the protection, help and support to the victims. The existing standards and procedures are not fully harmonized with the EU’s. All these obstruct the successful international cooperation in the field of crime investigation, as well as other forms of cooperation in the security field. Presently, the problem is being mitigated through the cooperation with the international community, international organizations and countries. From the aspect of Serbian candidacy for membership in international organizations, above all EU, this is inadmissible, due to the fact that international integrations imply both the independency and efficiency of the state in control of challenges, risks, and threats to the security. This research is expected to provide the new theoretical knowledge on etiological, phenomenological, victimological and consequential dimension of organized crime and terrorism in Serbia and proposals, guidelines and solutions for strengthening the institutional capacities and harmonizing the standards and procedures of the security and criminalistic practice of the national security system with the demands of international public and criminal law.