Europe's organized crime groups are involved in the economy
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This paradoxical conclusion was reached by Europol after analyzing the activities of major criminal organizations. Most of them operate some form of legitimate business to launder money from the slave trade, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, fraud and other sources.
Of course, they would not be able to operate just like that. Therefore, according to the same report, there is a corrupt system for obtaining licenses and permits to do business.
It is now known that there are 821 criminal networks with at least 25,000 members. It is noteworthy that almost all groups are multinational and operate simultaneously in several countries, not only in Europe, but also in the world.
The activities of the groups are based on 4 principles: ABCD, Agile-Borderless-Controlling-Destructive. Agile, Borderless, Controlling and Destructive are key principles that allow activities to continue for many years without being noticed or with minimal losses.
