Organized Crime

The face of organized crime is continually changing, yet its foundation has remained the same over many years. One of the distinguishing features of organized crime is in the challenge to clearly define it, which impacts on the implementation of transnational prevention and control policies. Although organized crime is as much disorganized as it is organized, it does feature specific characteristics. In order to understand organized crime, it must be viewed as a social process and a community social institution. Organized crime is, in its nature, highly adaptable to opportunities that major incidents, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, bring. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.