ABSTRACT

Organized crime and corruption have become the biggest security threats in the Western Balkans since the major wars there ended. They have slowed down the transition and accession progress of several countries. We argue in this paper that the Western Balkans occasionally faces the problem of networked state capture based on a corrupt nexus among organized crime, business, politics, security services and the judiciary. First, the concept of multidimensional and networked state capture is developed in order to identify the roles played by typical actors (captors) and their mutual relations (nexus). Second, the very complex nexus of circumstances leading to state capture in the Western Balkans is explained. In the empirical part, the network established by the Zemun clan, one of the worst examples of state capture in the entire region, is reconstructed using social network software. The case reveals the strong and deadly interconnections among the mentioned captors.

摘要

自从重大战争结束以来，有组织犯罪和腐败已成为西巴尔干地区最大的安全威胁。它们减缓了一些国家的过渡和加入进程。我们在本文中认为，西巴尔干地区有时会面临基于有组织犯罪，商业，政治，安全服务和司法部门之间腐败联系的网络化国家捕获问题。首先，发展了多维和网络状态捕获的概念，以识别典型参与者（俘获者）扮演的角色及其相互关系（联系）。第二，解释了导致西巴尔干国家被占领的情况的非常复杂的联系。在经验部分，由泽蒙氏族建立的网络是整个地区最糟糕的国家俘获案例之一，使用社交网络软件进行重建。该案揭示了上述绑架者之间的强大和致命的联系。