SUZBIJANjE PRANjA NOVCA U EVROPSKOJ UNIJI

Jovašević Dragan (Професор Кривичног права и Међународног кривичног права на Правном факултету у Нишу),

The objective of committing a criminal activity, not only within classic but even more within organised transnational crime, is in a large number of cases to obtain illegal gain. By performing financial, banking, economic and similar activities, the illegally obtained gain is placed in legal financial flows. Realising that there is a great danger in money laundering (making legal the illegally obtained gain) the European Union takes a large number of various measures, means and procedures with the aim to prevent and stamp out such criminal phenomena. Apart from a number of legal documents (from the treaties establishing the European Union to recommendations), several specialised agencies have been established within this regional organisation with the basic task to fight against such negative phenomena. The paper analyses the legal documents and activity of the EU specialised agencies in fighting against this specific form of “financial” crime.

Keywords: European Union, Directives, specialised agencies, criminal act, money laundering, stamping out crime