NCJ Number
141050
Date Published
1992
Length
60 pages
Annotation
A February 1992 conference in Sofia, Bulgaria focused on organized crime prevention and control from both domestic and international points of view.
Abstract
The conference was organized by Bulgaria's Council for Criminological Research. Conference participants included judges, prosecutors, investigators, police officers, representatives of agencies involved in crime prevention and control, and scientists. A U.S. professor of criminology and advisor to the United Nations Secretary General was a special conference guest. Conference presentations examined the increase in organized crime in Bulgaria, methodological problems in the criminological study of organized crime, social and economic problems associated with organized crime, organized criminal groups, smuggling of stolen cars, drug smuggling, terrorism, ways of controlling organized crime, and the need for international cooperation.