National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie
National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie
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4<br />
Supraregional property crime<br />
4.1 Introduction<br />
This chapter discusses various forms of supraregional, organised property<br />
crime 50 . The property crime in question is committed by mobile criminal<br />
organisations. In the past the term ‘mobile banditism’ had become established<br />
in this context. At the time, this term was exclusively used for criminal<br />
organisations from Eastern Europe that committed series of crimes in several<br />
police regions during their temporary stay in the Netherlands; these crimes were<br />
often burglaries, shoplifting, robberies. However, in the context of the NTA,<br />
it was decided to leave out the reference to the temporary presence of foreign<br />
offenders. The mobile, supraregional nature of the criminal activities is more<br />
relevant in this context, which is why in this report the term ‘mobile criminal<br />
organisations’ also refers to criminal organisations ‘with their headquarters<br />
in the Netherlands’ that are active at the supraregional level. This creates<br />
a link-up with the field of activity of the supraregional investigation teams<br />
that are deployed by the supraregional investigation board.<br />
The following criminal phenomena will be discussed in succession<br />
in separate sections:<br />
• Domestic and industrial burglaries<br />
• Shoplifting<br />
• Cargo theft<br />
• Car theft<br />
• Robberies and ram raids<br />
• Skimming<br />
• Handling of stolen goods<br />
The section on ‘crime-related factors and expectations’ is organised slightly<br />
differently compared to the previous chapters because many of the offences<br />
discussed in this chapter are linked to the same crime-related factors. These<br />
common factors are discussed below and are therefore not described in each<br />
separate section.<br />
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This chapter is based on a report prepared for NTA 2008: Dienst IPOL, <strong>2008.</strong> Georganiseerde,<br />
bovenregionale vermogenscriminaliteit. Verslag van een onderzoek voor het Nationaal<br />
dreigingsbeeld <strong>2008.</strong> Korps landelijke politiediensten (Netherlands Police Agency), Dienst IPOL,<br />
Zoetermeer. The authors of this report are M. Grapendaal, M. den Drijver, H. de Miranda and<br />
S. van der Zee.<br />
chapter 4 – Supraregional property crime<br />
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