title: The European Union: organised crime policies, politics and the EU
abstract: This chapter addresses the relationship between criminal entrepreneurs, legal businesses and the policies of the European Union (EU), and argues that there is an interaction between them at different levels. There are clear indications that the EU was on the look-out for organised crime by turning it into a policy concept and using it as a driving force to launch several proposals on international cooperation and to harmonise policies and regulations through Member States. This has put organised
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