- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. EXTORTION RACKETEERING IN THE EUROPEAN AGENDA
- 2. HOW EXTORTION IS LINKED TO ORGANISED CRIME: A LITERATURE ANALYSIS
- 2.1 Extortion Racketeering as an organised crime activity
- 2.2 Extortion Racketeering in the Legitimate Markets
- 2.3 Extortion Racketeering in Illegal Markets
- 2.4 Extortion as a Mafia-Crime
- 2.5 Extortion Racketeering as a Crime Affecting Transition Economies
- 2.6 The Perpetrators
- 2.7 The Victims
- 3. EU COUNTRY PROFILES
- 3.1 - Austria
- 3.2 - Belgium
- 3.3 - Bulgaria
- 3.4 - Cyprus
- 3.5 - Czech Republic
- 3.6 - Denmark
- 3.7 - Estonia
- 3.8 - Finland
- 3.9 - France
- 3.10 - Germany
- 3.11 - Greece
- 3.12 - Hungary
- 3.13 - Ireland
- 3.14 - Italy
- 3.15 - Latvia
- 3.16 - Lithuania
- 3.17 - Luxembourg
- 3.18 - Malta
- 3.19 - Poland
- 3.20 - Portugal
- 3.21 - Romania
- 3.22 - Slovakia
- 3.23 - Slovenia
- 3.24 - Spain
- 3.25 - Sweden
- 3.26 - The Netherlands
- 3.27 - United Kingdom
- 4. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AND REGULATIONS DEALING WITH EXTORTION RACKETEERING
- 5. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON: CRITERIA FOR CLUSTERING EU MEMBER STATES
- 5.1 Cluster n. 1: Geographical location
- 5.2 Cluster n. 2: Presence of casual and systemic extortion in relation to the organizational structure of organised crime
- 6. THE COVERAGE OF EXTORTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION MEDIA
- 7. FINDINGS
- 7.1 The situations concerning extortion racketeering
- 7.2 The law enforcement response to extortion racketeering
- 7.3 The legislation and practices relating to the protection of victims and witnesses of extortion racketeering
- 7.4 Assessing the vulnerability of 27 EU Member States to extortionracketeering
- 8. RECOMMENDATIONS<br<BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ANNEX 1 – THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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