Problems of Economic Crime Investigation in the Republic of Slovenia. (English)

Problematika odkrivanja gospodarske kriminalitete v R Sloveniji. (Slovenian)

Summary In the Republic of Slovenia we have been dealing with problems related to the investigation of economic crime since the existence of our state. It may be concluded that poor results have been achieved in this area. For this reason, several strategic documents were written and adopted, however the situation has not changed significantly. Which indicators have an impact on the success or failure of the investigation of economic crime, and what needs to be done to improve it? What could be an answer to this question? A new organisational unit for economic crime or just more financial means and training for staff already involved in the investigation of economic crime? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to define reasons for economic crime with analyses of specific elements of such crime. Due to periodical warning about deterioration in the human resources, professional, and equipment fields in economic crime investigation units in Slovenia there is no improvement of the conditions. What are the reasons for a "big gap" between the promises of politicians and real situation? Design/Methodology/Approach: Multimethod approach was used. Quantitative methods (deductive description) were used for the analyses of empirical data. Qualitative methods (inductive description) were used for analyses of specific elements related to investigation of economic crime. Findings: Based on the available data we can conclude that »government« factors have huge impact on economic crime investigation issues and the same factors are crucial for the quality of detection and investigation of economic crime. Unfortunately these factors are neglected and not accounted for improvement of the situation. Research limitations/implications: There is no enough relevant data. Beside police statistics about the number of criminal acts we can get "qualitative data" about economic crime only from the daily media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Povzetek: V R Sloveniji se praktično od nastanka nove države naprej ukvarjamo s problematiko preiskovanja gospodarske kriminalitete, za katero večinoma ugotavijamo, da so rezultati na tern področju slabi. Zaradi tega je bib napisanih in sprejetih več strateških dokumentov, a še vedno se stanje na tern področju ni bistveno spremenilo. Kateri dejavniki vplivajo na uspeinost au neuspeinost preiskovanja gospodarske kriminalitete in kaj narediti da bi bib preiskovanje gospodarske krirninalitete boljše? Je odgovor na to vprašanje nova organizacija enot za gospodarsko kriminaliteto, nastanek nove enote au samo več sredstev, usposabljanj in izobraževanj za obstoječe preiskovalce gospodarske kriminalitete? Narnen pnspevka: Z analizo posameznih dejavnikov gospodarske kriminalitete, ugotoviti vplive in razioge, ki vplivajo na odkrivanje in preiskovanje gospodarske kriminalitete v R Sloveniji. Kijub nekajietnemu opozarjanju na sIabšanje razmer na kadrovskem, strokovnem in materialnem področju v enotah za preiskovanje tovrstne kriminalitete pri nas, se razmere ne spremenijo na boije. Kakini so razbogi za tako velik razkorak med obijubarni politike in realnim stanjem? Metodologija: V prispevku je uporabljenih več metod. S kvantitativno obravnavo oz. metodo deduktivne deskripcije je opravijena analiza empiričnih podatkov. S kvalitativno obravnavo podatkov oz. metodo induktivne deskripcije je opravijena analiza različnih dejavnikov, ki lahko vplivajo na problematiko preiskovanja gospodarske kriminalitete. Ugotovitve: Ugotovijeno je, da dejavniki oblasti pomembno vplivajo na problematiko preiskovanja gospodarske kriminalitete in so odbočilni za kakovostno odkrivanje in preiskovanje gospodarske kriminalitete. Zal, se ti dejavniki zanernarjajo in ne upoštevajo pri ukrepih, ki bi stanje izboljšaIi. Omejitve/uporabnost raziskave: Omejitev raziskave je v nedostopnosti podatkov, saj razen statističnih podatkov policije o številu kaznivih dejanj, o posameznih primerih gospodarske kriminalitete, dobimo podatke le iz medijev. Praktična uporczbnost: Praktična uporabnost prispevka je v tern, da pokaže kako doseči cilje, ki si jih je država v nekaterih dokurnentih zastavila v smislu kakovostnejšega boja proti gospodarski kriminaliteti. Lzvimost/pomembnost prispevka: Izvirnost prispevka se kaže v povezavi dejavnikov, ki vplivajo na odkrivanje gospodarske krirninalitete in stanjern boja proti gospodarski krirninaliteti pri nas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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