Selected documents & links
Criminal groups acting in complete impunity (here in Chihuahua, Mexico in March 2010) is a worrying phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwYQ2PbhJM&feature=related
The latest EU report on organised crime produced by EUROPOL
http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/European_Organised_Crime_Threat_Assessment_(OCTA)/
OCTA2009.pdf (PDF)
The Stockholm Programme adopted by the European Council in December 2009 provides a framework for EU action on the questions of citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration for the next five years. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/intro/doc/stockholm_program_en.pdf (PDF)
The link of the DG Justice Freedom and Liberty on organised crime http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/crime/fsj_crime_intro_en.htm
The plan of the European Commission to deliver justice, freedom and security to citizens (2010 – 2014) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/
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A recent review of the cocaine market by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol:
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/joint-publications/cocaine
An interesting paper on EU and international strategies against drugs (German Institute For Interantional and Security Affairs – SWP research Paper)
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_eng/Content?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT
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The respected UNODC 2010 World Drug Report
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/WDR-2009.html
The United Nations Convention against Organised Crime http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/index.html