The difficulties of assembling a situation report on organized crime in Kosovo

Abstract

Organized crime cannot be constrained. In order to make it more efficient at producing extra profit is must entwine and infilrate the economy and politics, to maintain omnipresent corruption. The obligations originating from the state's monopoly ordain intelligence agencies to uveil the characteristics of organized crime operating on its territory. Above the state level, the European Union also requires analyzed information that is based on a status report based on an almost unified approach. This is especially true for the former states of Yugoslavia. The challanges, threats and risks coming from the "Balkan wedge" represent a serious security issue. Investigation and constant tracking are always compicated tasks in crisis sticken areas for local law enforcement and intelligence authorities and international organizations as well. This makes it important through what information channels decision makers acquire evaluated informaiton and what decisions they make regarding the figh against organized crime. The Kosovo mission of EULEX is an appropriate environment to study this system.