Corruption within security forces

AuthorWilliam Gabriel Brinza
PositionUniversity, Bucharest - Romania
Pages7-9
AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro
ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677
No. 4 (2013), pp. 7-9
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CORRUPTION WITHIN SECURITY FORCES
W. G. Brînz
William Gabriel Brînz
Faculty of Law, Law Department
“Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, Romania
*Correspondence: William Gabriel Brînz, Palace of Parliament, 2-4 Izvor St., Bucharest,
Romania
E-mail: william@williameuropa.eu
Abstract
These criminal organizations aim at corrupting officials willing to influence public
politics and to protect different illegal activities, in exchange for some undeserved
advantages. Once inside in this game, the official will bend to any pressure coming from the
criminal group, and the group will have no difficulties in finding more and more convenient
ways to develop illicit activities.
Keywords: corruption, forces crime, national security the impact
Introduction
In September 1999, took place the first conference which dealt with the impact of
organized crime against the national security of the states. Follow-up this meeting, many
representatives of the participating countries and present organizations, being aware of the
ampleness of the consequences of corruption even in the most secure institutions of the states,
solicited the forming of a new conference on the same topic. Their solicitation was taken in
consideration, and, on 14-18 May 2001, the George C. Marshall Center of Security Studies
hosted an international conference on the topic “Corruption within Security Forces: A Threat
to National Security” sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States
with the collaboration of Bundeskriminalamt from Germany. At this last reunion, at which
participated over 40 states from Europe, Asia, America, the accent was put on corruption at
the level of the government officials and security forces, on the consequences and the
possibilities to confute it. The participants discussed the situation of the countries in transition
which confront with numerous problems with the implementation of the anti-corruption
fighting strategies.
During the discussions, an idea was launched, according to which the main cause of
corruption increase is global development and organized crime at an international level, offers
opportunities for transport over the border including drug traffic, human traffic, gun running.
Lately, the main target of criminal group is represented by Security Forces which refer to all
the institutions of the state which serve to apply the law, to the control at the national border,
including the border police, immigration agencies, military services, custom’s units, local and
national police. The Security Forces have become the target of corruption because they
control the force monopoly, they can be used as instruments by the criminal groups, have
access to munitions and secret information and can facilitate the accomplishment of activities
which are against the law.
The Security Forces staff has proven to be easy to corrupt the reasons invoked are the
poor compensations, the lack of fortitude accompanied by the small possibility to be
“exposed”.

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