C. Organized criminal groups

(b) Preventive measures aimed at disbanding organized criminal groups and terrorist groups

Project Passage Terrorism affiliated organized criminal groups and activities

(ii) Links, including international links, with other organized criminal groups

(iii) Offences that organized criminal groups have committed or may commit

Noting the transnational nature of organized crime and the tendency of organized criminal groups and terrorist groups to expand their illegal operations,

Trafficking in human organs thus provides lucrative openings for organized criminal groups.

(i) The identity, nature, composition, structure, location or activities of organized criminal groups

Organized criminal groups have been responsible for an upsurge in cases of kidnapping.

This method of committing economic crime has been used by organized criminal groups to insulate individuals from criminal prosecution.

Many organized criminal groups have diversified their activities and new groups have emerged in several new and specialized sectors.

Migrant smuggling has become a global business, generating huge profits for organized criminal groups.

It is likely too that organized criminal groups engaged in migrant smuggling will use increasingly more sophisticated approaches, underscoring the importance of understanding more clearly the nature and role of organized criminal groups in this area.

Such weapons may end up in the hands of groups involved in armed conflicts as well as organized criminal groups and terrorist groups.

There have also been important shifts in organizational structures and approaches of organized criminal groups.

(c) The prevention of the misuse of legal persons by organized criminal groups, in particular by

One prominent example of the involvement of organized criminal groups is the trade in illegal caviar.

(d) The prevention of the misuse of legal persons by organized criminal groups such measures could include

Organized criminal groups are also heavily involved in the illegal smuggling of migrants and trafficking in firearms.

The organized criminal groups, of which the Monitoring Group has identified two local and two transnational criminal groups, have existing infrastructure or clandestine pathways to move the arms from source to recipient.

Estimates of the annual profits of organized criminal groups vary considerably from 3.5 billion to 10 billion annually.

A number of speakers expressed their concern over the increasing rate of kidnapping, stressing that such actions were linked with organized criminal groups and terrorist groups.

41, of the Code) covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups provided for article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Azerbaijan stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups.

a. Criminal activities of the organized criminal group

Alarmed at the serious and growing threat posed by organized criminal groups involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and various other forms of organized crime and their potential and, in some cases, actual links with terrorist groups,

1. Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to encourage persons who participate or who have participated in organized criminal groups

A growing tendency is for organized criminal groups to resort to kidnapping as a method of accumulating capital or collecting debts.

Concerned about the negative economic and social implications of the activities of organized criminal groups and the possible expansion of such activities,

Now, however, a new generation of organized criminal groups is emerging from States embroiled in or emerging from protracted periods of conflict.

Such action would include using available expertise to ascertain the nature and extent of operations of organized criminal groups in conflict situations.

Corruption was recognized as facilitating an enabling state of weak and destabilized Governments in which terrorist and organized criminal groups could grow.

Alarmed by the expansion and dimensions of transnational organized crime, terrorism and the links between the two and by the increasing sophistication and diversification of the activities of organized criminal groups,

The Syrian Arab Republic asserts the seriousness of trafficking in human organs and the increasing involvement of organized criminal groups in that activity.

Many speakers underscored the vital importance of cracking down on economic and financial crime, which was used by organized criminal groups and terrorists.

UNODC's analysis of the relationship between organized crime and human trafficking indicates that organized criminal groups with a regional or global presence are now routinely involved in trafficking and associated sexual exploitation.

1. Vigorously condemns and rejects once again the practice of kidnapping, under any circumstances and for any purpose, especially when it is carried out by organized criminal groups and terrorist groups

While there are strong indications that organized criminal groups are involved in the illicit trade, the extent and nature of that involvement remains unclear.

Concerned at the significant increase in the activities of organized criminal groups in smuggling of migrants and other related criminal activities set forth in this Protocol, which bring great harm to the States concerned,

(b) To provide factual, concrete help to competent authorities that may contribute to depriving organized criminal groups of their resources or of the proceeds of crime.

This was further strengthened by the statement made by the observer for Interpol, who referred to evidence confirming the links between terrorist and organized criminal groups.

Current evidence suggests the increased involvement of organized criminal groups in the area of fraud, most specifically fraud using the Internet and related high technology crimes.

The organized criminal groups are also apparently able, for the most part, effectively to move around the monitoring and interdiction task forces operating in the region.

Criminalization of participation in an organized criminal group

3.2 The Member States will exchange information concerning fight against terrorist, separatist, extremist activities and organized criminal groups and when necessary, develop mechanisms to combat their activities.