National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie
National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie
National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie
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• instrumental violence 65 : (threatening) physical or psychological<br />
violence against people or violence against objects;<br />
• violence within criminal organisations: (threatening) violence<br />
for a disciplinary purpose;<br />
• violence between criminal organisations: (threatening) violence<br />
for a competitive purpose.<br />
5.3.2 General context<br />
Instrumental violence<br />
The purpose of instrumental violence is to intimidate or (temporarily) eliminate<br />
people, or to destroy objects in order to obtain goods, services or funds. The<br />
use of violence is not always functional; criminals do not always confront their<br />
victims directly. In many cases their modus operandi is aimed at avoiding a<br />
confrontation, for example, in the case of theft. Instrumental violence does<br />
occur, for example, in human trafficking, vehicle theft, robberies and ram raids.<br />
In human trafficking, violence is regularly used in combination with an<br />
exploitative situation 66 . In vehicle theft violence may be functional in order to<br />
obtain the car keys. In robberies the chances of becoming a victim of violence<br />
have risen in recent times: according to trade associations the level of violence<br />
employed has increased. The police have also stated that more violence is being<br />
used against people during robberies. Ram raids obviously involve violence,<br />
although it is usually directed against company buildings in the form of bank<br />
walls in order to force open a cash machine, or jeweller’s windows, for example.<br />
In very rare cases the police are also targeted.<br />
Violence within criminal organisations<br />
The use of violence within criminal organisations is aimed at enforcing the<br />
loyalty of members. Apart from physical violence, fines and deportation to the<br />
member’s country of origin are also used as punishments. Motives for the use of<br />
violence against the members of criminal organisations include enforcing certain<br />
behaviour, punishment for damage incurred and revenge in the case of<br />
embezzlement or theft. These motives are explained below.<br />
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Apart from the source material for this section stated in the introduction, the following report<br />
was also used specifically for the description of ‘instrumental violence’: Dienst IPOL, <strong>2008.</strong><br />
Georganiseerde, bovenregionale vermogenscriminaliteit. Verslag van een onderzoek voor het<br />
Nationaal dreigingsbeeld <strong>2008.</strong> Korps landelijke politiediensten (Netherlands Police Agency),<br />
Dienst IPOL, Zoetermeer. (The report on supraregional property crime)<br />
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Dienst <strong>National</strong>e Recherche (DNR), <strong>2008.</strong> Mensenhandel. Deelrapport Criminaliteitsbeeldanalyse<br />
2007 Korps landelijke politiediensten (Netherlands Police Agency), DNR (<strong>National</strong> <strong>Crime</strong> Squad),<br />
Driebergen (confidential).<br />
chapter 5 – Criminal modus operandi<br />
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