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CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME AT THE EU’S EASTERN BORDER
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The successive enlargements from 2004 and 2007 of the EU had extended its borders, leading not simply to the creation of a new and longer Eastern border, but also to a new border regime in the form of the European Neighbourhood Policy. With the enlargements the EU became a close neighbour of criminal groups originating from the Eastern neighbourhood, which by undertaking criminal activities have became a serious threat to the European welfare state system, leading to the implementation of consolidated security measures at its external borders. In order to tackle the various forms of organised crime, heavy securitization measures are not enough, and proactive cross-border cooperation is needed with the countries from the close vicinity. Accordingly, in the current research we target to assess the efficiency of cross-border cooperation in the fight against organised crime between the EU and the EaP countries, by evaluating the efficiency of two major EU initiatives in relation with the EaP countries in the field of security and law enforcement, one of its civilian missions launched under the aegis of CSDP, EUBAM and its past project, the Eastern Partnership Police Cooperation Programme.
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