Download or read book Detecting Elusive Criminals written by Teun van Dongen and published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized crime for the European market is a multi-billion dollar business that feeds on, as well as sustains, poverty and poor governmental control. As factors like the economic crisis and the emergence and growth of urban slums will sustain organized crime, this threat is likely to stay with us in the foreseeable future. Against this background, the HCSS report Detecting Elusive Criminals answers the following question: what research strands need to be explored further in order to find solutions for the threat posed to Europe by transnational organized crime?