The Social Network Analysis of Organized Criminal Groups in the Republic of Croatia

This paper provides an overview of the methodology of the Criminal Police of the MoI of the Republic of Croatia in the definition of organized criminal groups with an explanation of mandatory and optional parameters that define each particular group. For the easier monitoring of the level of organization of the group the characteristics of organized criminal groups operating in the Republic of Croatia at the national level are explained by attributes based on the Sleipnir model. Organized criminal groups are the responsibility of the National Police Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, and successful concept of conducting is based on the European model of intelligence led policing with the necessary inter-agency cooperation.