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Law enforcement officials for a specifically German definition Even insiders acknowledge that the first initiatives by

Its function of legitimizing the extension of police powers (Busch,ġ992). Through all these changes the organized crime concept retained By that time the attention had shiftedįrom rather loosely structured domestic groups of criminals toĪlleged Italian, Yugoslavian, Chinese, and Eastern European "Mafias". Not until the 1990s that the general public began to regard organizedĬrime as a real problem. On this basis the law enforcementĬommunity reached the conclusion that organized crime did existĪnd actually had existed for some time in Germany.

Of organized crime that encompasses almost all crimes that require This view eventually prevailed, leading to a broad conceptualization Of organized crime distinct from the syndicate model (Kollmar,ġ974). In the 1970s a third solution to the conflict between conceptĪnd reality was suggested in the form of a uniquely German definition Of crime similar to the evolution of organized crime in the United Another scenario envisioned an independent development One scenario saw foreignĬrime syndicates extending their spheres of influence into Germany On these grounds it could only be argued that organized crime It was generally agreed that nothing of this sort existed in Germany. Was guided by the official American view of organized crime asĪ rationally-designed, violent, and powerful criminal organization. It was first raised during the 1960s when the conceptualization Organized crime is a fairly new criminal policy issue in Germany. The light of a varying conceptual history, and to make some cautious Of this paper is to discuss the meaning of this assessment in

Still, in recent years organized crime hasĬome to be considered one of Germany's major problems. Germany is probably not the first country one would think of To download this paper (PDF), click here. An earlier draft was presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Boston, 1995. This paper discusses the perceptions and reality of organized crime in Germany. Organized Crime in Germany Organized Crime Research (kvl-homepage)