This article presents an overview of the progress in implementing anticorruption framework in four candidate countries in Western Balkan: Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The objectives of this paper are to determine what are the main obstacles in implementing these reforms. Despite having made positive steps towards EU accession, these four candidate countries are still plagued by pervasive corruption and captured political systems. As the future of the EU becomes increasingly uncertain, Balkan leaders are more inclined than ever to push the limits of their authority while still vying for EU acceptance. If the downward trajectory of the past six years continues, this generation of Western Balkans rulers could potentially reverse the region's democratic progress. As Western Balkan leaders take advantage of EU instability to increase their authority, they will continue to weaken democracy while continuing to seek EU membership. As a result, the region holds a very poor track record for prosecuting corruption, especially among high-level public officials. Even when such cases are investigated, they generally suffer long delays and often end in acquittals or result in light and inconsistent sentences.
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Human trafficking is the only part of transnational organized crime in which women are notably represented-as victims, perpetrators, and as activists seeking to combat this crime. Woman trafficking is a large and rapidly growing component of transnational organized crime. The paper focuses on the main aspects and trends in women trafficking and expands upon the knowledge of activities carried out by human traffickers with a focus on links to organized crime. Particularly, the paper implies to answer the question, "What link exists between women trafficking and organized crime?" This paper aims to research women trafficking in the post-Yugoslav societies and to gain better understanding of this phenomenon that represent one of the security problems for this region. The violent Yugoslav disintegration and economic decline altered traditional social relations in ways that led to more exploitative trafficking exchanges of women and young girls and the proliferation of new networks of suppliers, distributors, and clients. More research in this field would allow a comprehensive understanding of the underground alliances and the different roles organised criminal groups can play in this context.
This article analyzes and highlights the terrorist organizations which receive an overwhelming amount of media coverage, bordering on sensationalism. Unfortunately, terrorism is one topic where media coverage likely carries dire consequences: our recent research suggests that covering terrorist groups actively encourages them to attack more, makes the groups more popular, and fosters radicalisation, thereby facilitating the recruitment process. The evolution of mass communication dramatically changed the scene of terrorism and the way terrorists conduct their affairs. Precisely, we draw attention to the media coverage on urban terrorism -What are the consequences of that coverage? The results are quite consistent in suggesting that more coverage causes more attacks.
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