Activities
CIROC makes scientific and police analyses and literature accessible internationally. For example, we provide access for Dutch target groups to information on organised crime - and the fight against it - in, say, Russia, Colombia, Albania and Italy. Conversely, the Netherlands itself occupies an important position in the international world of organised crime. CIROC's activities enable foreign researchers, journalists, police and prosecutors to keep abreast of important developments in the Netherlands. To encourage cooperation between the research world on the one hand and police and prosecutors on the other, CIROC holds training courses and seminars for the staff of police forces and the criminal justice authorities in the Netherlands.
Broadly speaking, our activities can be divided into four categories. CIROC makes use of specific instruments for each category:
Broadly speaking, our activities can be divided into four categories. CIROC makes use of specific instruments for each category:
- Provision of information on organised crime abroad
- Provision of information on organised crime in the Netherlands
- Production of knowledge about organised crime in the Netherlands and abroad
- Transfer of knowledge from theory to practice and vice versa
Provision of information on organised crime abroad
CIROC makes information on organised crime abroad and the fight against it accessible to the Dutch language area. The information is provided on the Dutch website and through our newsletters in Dutch.
Provision of information on organised crime in the Netherlands
CIROC publishes information on organised crime in the Netherlands and the fight against it on this website and in English newsletters. The information is obtained from own research and from research conducted by other institutes in the Dutch language area.
Production of knowledge about organised crime in the Netherlands and elsewhere
The criminology departments of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam themselves conduct research into organised crime in the Netherlands and abroad and the fight against it in the form of literature studies and empirical research. Organised crime is being researched through other universities and research centers as well. CIROC is an important channel for dissemination of the knowledge obtained through research.
Transfer of knowledge from theory to practice and vice versa
One of the ways in which the transfer of knowledge from theory to practice and vice versa is arranged at CIROC is by means of seminars and conferences.
Since our establishment, we have held meetings on the following themes:
Since our establishment, we have held meetings on the following themes:
- XTC - trends in use and illegal trafficking (october 23rd 2001)
- Cocaine - trends in use and illegal trafficking (january 23rd 2002)
- East European organised crime (march 20th 2002)
- Human smuggling (may 15th 2002)
- Underground banking and money laundering (october 16th 2002)
- Terrorism and organised crime (december 18th 2002)
- Seaports and organised crime (march 12th 2003)
- Free trade and organised crime (october 22nd 2003)
- Liquidations in criminal organisations (january 7th 2004)
- Criminal carreers in organised crime (march 31st 2004)
- Albanians and organised crime (june 9th 2004)
- Crime and real estate (december 15th 2004)
- The new Dutch approach on organised crime from and international perspective (february 23rd 2005)
- Gambling and organised crime (april 6th 2005)
- Trafficking of humans and organised crime (october 12th 2005)
- Alternative strategies in fighting organised crime (december 14th 2005)
- The Caribbean: a smuggling paradise (may 17th 2006)
- East meets West - import/export of organised crime to Eastern-Europe and vice versa (december 20th 2006)
- Italian Mafia, extortion and deals with the government (february 21st 2007)
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