General (ret.)Professor Teodor FRUNZETI, Ph.D*,
Iulia-Mihaela DRĂGAN, Ph.D Candidate**
Abstract: Organized crime became a problem of international interest for law enforcement authorities and security field from the perspective of its transnational nature and the areas in which it can manifest itself: drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human beings or cultural relics. On the other hand, violent radicalization is a phenomenon that security institutions are making efforts to combat considering the security risks generated by this manifestation: political violence or terrorism. The purpose of this research is to extract the similarities and differences between the two phenomena, using comparative analysis as a methodology. The research question targeted by this study refers to the identification of the relationship between the two phenomena, as well as the connecting elements.
Keywords: organized crime, radicalization, political violence, security risks.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscimilit.2025.2.3
* Entitled Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, President of the Military Sciences Section, Doctoral Supervisor at “CAROL I” National Defense University, President of the University Senate at “Titu Maiorescu” University, email: tfunzeti@gmail.com; Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov, 050044, Bucharest, Romania, email: secretariat@aosr.ro.
** Ph.D candidate, ”Carol I” National Defense University Doctoral School, e-mail: diuliamihaela@gmail.com
PUBLISHED in Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Military Sciences, Volume 17 no 2, 2025
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