Institutional and Legal Mechanisms for Combating Organized Crime

Abstract

The scientific article examines the theoretical-legal and institutional-legal foundations for combating organized crime in the context of globalization, digitalization, and wartime challenges. It analyzes contemporary models of organized criminal structures, their transformation into network forms, and their impact on national and international institutions. International standards, including the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, as well as European Union and U.S. practices of comprehensive counteraction, are considered. The article highlights prospects for improving the national legal system through the integration of criminal law, procedural, and preventive mechanisms, the development of interagency coordination, and the application of foreign experience within the framework of European integration.