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Cooperating Defendant
Prášek, Vojtěch ; Mulák, Jiří (advisor) ; Šelleng, Dalibor (referee)
The thesis deals with the criminal law institute of the cooperating defendant, with the aim of analysing the current legal regulation of this institute in the Czech Republic and the practical consequences of its application by the law enforcement authorities. The thesis is divided into the four chapters. In the first chapter, the thesis focuses on organized crime in general as a socially dangerous phenomenon; in particular, the concept of organized crime is defined and the activities in which organized crime is engaged in the Czech Republic are being described. Furthermore, the author discusses all the possible legal instruments in the fight against organized crime, of which he focuses more on the interception and recording of telecommunication traffic and the use of agents. In the following chapter, the thesis focuses on the definition of the concepts of the crown witness and the cooperating witness, their mutual relationship and development. The current legal regulation of the institute of the cooperating witness in the Czech Republic is also being summarised here. The third chapter analyses the application of the institute of the cooperating witness from the initiative to use it to the imposition of punishment for persons who have been identified as the cooperating witnesses. In particular, the...
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The criminal law instruments against organized crime
Šmejc, Marek ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Šelleng, Dalibor (referee)
78 The Means of Criminal Law Dealing With Organized Crime Abstract The rigorous thesis explores the phenomenon of organized crime, examining it from criminological, criminal law, and historical perspectives in the introduction. Within the initial pages, the thesis delves into the concept of organized crime, considering various expert opinions. However, attempts to conceptually or empirically capture the phenomenon face numerous challenges due to its complexity and diverse forms. The thesis consistently emphasizes the importance of the topic, stemming from the serious threat to public interest posed by organized crime and ongoing international and national debates on the need to improve tools to combat it. The author also examines the current legal regulations, both domestic and international. The conclusion of the second chapter particularly focuses on the criminal offense of participation in an organized criminal group. Another chapter is dedicated to categorizing tools to combat organized crime into legal, institutional, and political categories. The author then delves into selected criminal law tools to combat organized crime, focusing on some of the most problematic instruments, where skepticism among certain experts is often justified. These controversial institutions of criminal procedural law,...
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Cooperating defendant and other institutes in the fight against organised crime
Šimková, Karolína ; Mulák, Jiří (advisor) ; Beranová, Andrea (referee)
Cooperating defendant and other institutes in the fight against organised crime Organised crime currently poses a major security risk that not only threatens the interests of individuals, but also the interests of society. For this reason, society's law enforcement authorities are pushed to investigate it quickly and effectively, and various means and instruments are enshrined in criminal law to do so. This thesis deals with the institutes in the fight against organized crime and aims to provide an insight into the means used, their legal definition and practical application, including pointing out possible shortcomings of the current legislation. The thesis first examines the definition of organised crime as such, including its existing definitions and characteristics. The issue of terrorism, which has several common and divergent features with organised crime, deserves separate attention. The second and third part of the thesis is devoted to the most important means of combating organized crime, which is the institution of the cooperating defendant. To understand all the background, the thesis first discusses the historical development of the institute and its comparison with the Crown Witness. Next, the thesis already addresses the various conditions regulated by the Criminal Procedure Code for...
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Youth in literary output of Roberto Saviano
VERNEROVÁ, Darina
The bachelor thesis deals with the theme of youth and organized crime in the literary work of Neapolitan journalist and writer Roberto Saviano. It aims to introduce the author and the socio-cultural environment from which he comes and his family background and, moreover, to confront his belles-lettres literature with the reality of contemporary Italy. In particular, it will focus in detail on two novels La paranza dei bambini and Bacio feroce dedicated to youth in the service of the Neapolitan Camorra.
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Criminal Law Instruments Against Organized Crime
Ráliš, Petr ; Tejnská, Katarína (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the introduction of criminal law instruments for the fight against organized crime and their current legal regulation in the criminal law of the Czech Republic. The introductory part of the thesis is focused on briefly introducing some criminological definitions of organized crime, its definitions in selected international documents and last but not least, the definition of the organized criminal group in Czech criminal law. The second part is devoted to the legal instruments against organized crime regulated by substantive criminal law, namely the offence of participation in an organized criminal group and the issue of punishing the perpetrator of an offence committed for the benefit of an organized criminal group. The third part of the thesis describes the instruments against organized crime regulated by the criminal procedural law. First, considerable attention is paid to the interception and recording of telecommunication and the so-called "spatial interception" and the problem of its missing legal regulation in the Czech criminal law, followed by a chapter dealing with the procedural admissibility of interception as evidence in criminal proceedings. The next chapter is dedicated to operational investigative actions (i.e. pretended transfer, surveillance of persons...
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Reasons for the migration from the south to the north of Italy and its consequences
Prošková, Petra ; Mejstřík, Martin (advisor) ; Lukešová, Anna (referee)
Migration within Italy began on a larger scale already after the Second World War, and in the following decades it resulted in the imaginary division of the state into an economically strong north and a weaker south. The issue was emphasised by the specific approach of the ruling Christian Democracy party, which was the key to the development of Italy in the second half of the twentieth century. Although it strove for the restoration and modernization of the southern regions, due to the inefficiency of redistribution of finances, corruption and the influence of the mafia, the necessary restructuring and restoration did not take place. For this reason, the issue of internal migration gradually intensified and normalized. Motives for mthe migration were in most cases of an economic nature, as it was mostly about job opportunities or higher wages, which were much more available in the north. This trend naturally caused many problems in connection with society, demography, economy, etc
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Informal Power Structures in Georgia during Eduard Shevarnadze period (1992-2003)
Mirgatia, Edisher ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Brisku, Adrian (referee)
The main goal of the thesis is to investigate and describe the causes and mechanisms of the strengthening of informal power structures in Georgia between 1992 and 2003. The case examined in this investigation are two structures of informal powers - "National Guard" and "Mkhedrioni". The research ultimately proves the dependence of Shevardnadze's rule on these powerful structures, as well as the conditions at the time, when Shevardnadze ruled with the help of related clans, his friends and acquaintances. The work analyses the power position of these structures in his government. From the point of view of the emergence of informality, the description of Shevardnadze's government in Georgia during the period of communism in the years 1972-1985 is key to the research. The research here focuses on the tools he used to gain power through his use of informal action. As part of the research, special attention is also given to organized crime and its involvement in politics.
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Impact of Organized Crime on the Press Freedom: Comparison of Mexico and Colombia
Horák, Benjamin ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with selected elements of organized crime and its impact on the freedom of the press. The thesis aims to confirm or refute the hypothesis that organized crime impacts press freedom using a qualitative comparative case study analysis of selected countries. As mentioned above, organized crime is such a complex concept that it is essential to define the specific actors or elements of this criminal activity. This paper focuses on selected actors, which are organized criminal groups - drug cartels and corruption as an element of organized crime. The research questions the thesis seeks to answer are "How do drug cartels affect the freedom of the press?" and "How does corruption affect press freedom?". If the hypothesis is confirmed, the author will seek to answer the additional sub-question, "How do Mexico and Colombia approach the impact of organized crime on press freedom?". The results of the thesis confirm the hypothesis and conclude that organized crime impacts press freedom. The two specific sources of this influence, i.e., drug cartels and corruption, affect press freedom mainly through extensive violence against journalists, thus having a systematic and long-term negative impact on their security. Another means of influence is undermining the state's capacity and...
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Organized crime-trafficking with human being
Jelenová, Jana ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Štourač, Petr (referee)
Organized crime - Trafficking in human beings This thesis deals with the criminal offence of trafficking in human beings under Sec. 168 of the Czech Criminal Code. A trafficking in human being is not a frequent criminal offence but with its consequences belongs to the most dangerous crimes. After the Velvet revolution the relevance of this crime has raised subsequently and therefore the regulation of this crime requires particular attention. It is important to find new ways and improve current methods to be readier to detect and investigate the cases of trafficking in human beings. The aim of this thesis is to provide an analysis of legal regulation of trafficking in human beings, organized crimed and methods of investigation and some related issues such as problematic of the protection of the witness. This thesis consists of three chapters. The first one deals shortly with the organized crime. It analyzes the term of the organized crime, because trafficking in human beings is usually committed by organized groups. I try to explain some basic terms related to this topic. The second one deals with the legal regulation of trafficking in human beings. The history, present and future of the legal regulation in the Czech Republic and in the other countries are described in this chapter. Then it is...
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Human trafficking: the role of the EU and the approaches to the problem in Czech Republic and in Belgium
Haniaková, Tereza ; Bauer, Paul (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
This master thesis aims to unveil and examine the interplay between different actors in the fight against human trafficking. These are: the European Union, the Czech Republic and Belgium. A content (text) analysis of the primary sources gives the answers on how those actors work with the definition of human trafficking and to what extent the two member states implemented the EU Directive 2011/36/EU and other documents. In addition to conducting the content (text) analysis, creating a literature review and researching on different discourses linked to this phenomenon, this thesis include two semi-structured interviews with the representatives of the Czech Republic and Belgium. Those offer deeper insight into how those states form this fight in practice. They unveiled different aspects in their own approaches but also aspects that make their approach unique. This thesis examines also how the new strategy - the most important document framing the fight against human trafficking and the country's priorities - is adopted and what generally will those strategies include from the year 2020.
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