The economic crisis in the Baltic states of a sudden impact on the crime level in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. When was the last day of 2009 in Lithuania closed the Ignalina NPP, and on most streets, even the capital of Vilnius for the sake of saving lights went out, the public howled. This is also a haven for crime, which became operational in the literal sense of the night. The municipal authorities did not hesitate offering people just do not leave their homes. But nothing happened. Whether criminals emigrated to England, Ireland, yes, it is extremely afraid of the dark themselves. Apart from road accidents due to lack of light at night when drivers are forced down a drunken passer-by, and then, without noticing it on the road, the poor man moved a few machines, rampant criminality has not happened. A similar situation exists in Latvia. True, there is the number of police officers, unlike Lithuania, was increased. In Lithuania, on the contrary, mass reduction, and law enforcement officers, due to the reduction of wages, even go outside barefoot. In Latvia, refuse to accept that criminality was defeated crisis.
What is surprising, Estonia, once again, proved to be apart from their “Baltic sisters.” If the Estonians and grumble about crime, then it is in their understanding, “these Russian”, “gopota”, which prevents live in peace.
Correspondents BakuToday in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, the Baltic countries continue to compare the various categories. Today, June 18, the theme of the next, already the traditional comparison, has the crime rate.
Latvia
The State Police of Latvia on December 31, 2010 were 8116 full-time units, of which 7466 officials with special service ranks and 650 employees on a contractual basis. Compared with 2009 the number of staff increased by 78 units (was 8038), officers – 59 (was 7407), employees on a contractual basis – to 19 (was 631). The number of crimes committed in Latvia, becomes smaller. As the correspondent BakuToday State Police Chief Artis Velshs and Head of Criminal Police Raul Kviecitis is associated with improved law enforcement and, oddly enough, with the deterioration of the general economic situation in the country.
“There are many reasons, but one of the most important and, at first glance, paradoxical is the deterioration of the economic situation. It would seem that when the economy is” going down “, it would be logical that the crime rate will increase. But the opposite. Let us, for example, take a look at property crime, on the amount of damage. Before, they were, say, 1-2 thousand euros. Now it is 5-15 euro “, – said Raul Kviecitis, speaking about the causes of crime reduction.
However, according to Artis Velshsa “from potential victims have less money and less expensive cars.” “It was less than what could be a steal. People are less visited, such as night clubs or restaurants – that is, sites of potential crimes. They are in the evenings more than sit at home and watch TV, which is less exposed himself to danger,” – the expert believes. According to forensic experts, from the standpoint of law people can be divided into three groups: people who never commit a crime, those of the offense keeps the law and subsequent punishment, and those of the offense will not keep neither the law nor punishment or prison. Some representatives of the third group simply moved from Latvia to other places, so to speak, is that stealing. “The market for crime have become less and if there are several gangs, they have simply” came to be, “it means someone has to leave Latvia in search of a” bread places. “After the border with Europe, we have open “, – added Kviesitis.
However, law enforcement officers believe that police began to better cope with their responsibilities. “If the police did not work, it does not matter how many people would leave the country – the crime rate would grow. And the criminal police, and police were about to work better and more efficiently. This is especially true with regard to combating organized crime, that is our priority. Small same crimes have been and will in any country, but we are fighting with them successfully, “- according to experts.
On the other hand, according to Velshsa, people need to realize that latent crime is mostly just for crimes related to the application of a relatively small material damage when people decide for themselves whether there is because of this sense to the police or not. In addition, according to officials, talk about that in Latvia the highest level of hidden crime are greatly exaggerated, because of what that research on this topic has never been carried out.
Interestingly, in recent years in Latvia has changed the nature of crime. Thus, the spokesman, Raul Kviecitis, pointed out that technology has changed significantly, with which crimes are committed. Ten years ago there was an entirely different level of communication. Now the criminals are using mobile phones, computers, Internet access, modern facilities.
Another change in the nature of the crimes associated with the entry into the European Union and the opening of borders. In Latvia, can “tour” criminal gangs from other EU countries, or vice versa. Occur, and international criminal associations. “With organized crime, we are fighting very well. For example, recently one such group, engaged in looting in Riga and the surrounding area, was arrested at Jelgava. Last year, in Limbazi was neutralized a gang, one of its members killed. The danger of such groups depends on how they are related, how stable, – is created for a specific crime or a constant “work”. In the “fat years” many members of organized crime in legitimate business are gone. Now things are worse for business, so these people will once again trying to return to previous criminal activity. But the police is ready for this turn of events. In our “great” state to establish a “comeback” quite possible “, – concluded the expert-criminalist.
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Lithuania
“We are becoming a state ruled by the oligarchs and the underworld” – said at the beginning of 2011, Lithuanian President Grybauskaite. Grybauskaite identified several levels of crime – smuggling, municipal and political. According to the president, to influence these levels can be through legislation, some of which she has initiated, including the confiscation of assets of corrupt officials or to enhance the penalties.
Perhaps this assessment is made as the head of state, illustrates the current state of affairs. Despite the outward welfare state, criminal mechanisms there are quite active and less than desired, turn to the attention of law enforcement and justice.
The main trial of Lithuania – the case “January 13, 1991,” continued for 20 years and is best demonstrates the potency of the Lithuanian Themis. Results in the January 13th 23 suspects. Of these, 21 persons in Russia, two – in Belarus. Their crimes have no statute of limitations. Only so far convicted – Stanislav Miscavige, escaped punishment by hiding the Lithuanian justice. Only recently, the Lithuanian parliament has found out why it is almost standing still – “the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office, investigating the cause of the events in Vilnius, January 13, 1991, did not use all available and its capabilities to investigation went on and completed as quickly as possible”. It said the chairman of the parliamentary committee on law and order conservative Stasis Shedbaras. Another loud and messy case has been referred to the Klaipeda district court. His helpers – Henrikas Daktaras, considered the “godfather” of the criminal world of Lithuania. “Genite” is accused of committing 30 murders, kidnapping, racketeering and smuggling weapons. His criminal career he began in Soviet times. Four sentenced for theft, extortion, assassination, and only has five prior convictions. For the first time in jail he got to the age of 19.
One of the most famous gang of Lithuania – Kaunas group “daktarasov.” It was formed in 1978. However, no specific information from the court not as a result takes place behind closed doors with the press and actors cooperate very reluctantly. Even the lawyer Daktarasa Kristupas Ashmis public statements makes it extremely rare for members of his profession is not typical.
What do the two above examples? Most legal experts tend to believe that both cases will remain incomplete, since the two are closely intertwined with politics. There can be unseemly role and reason for the higher state, and political intrigue, direct bribery, the export of capital abroad. That is, if you really “dig” in good conscience, do not know what secrets might be discovered. This is in Lithuania, no permit.
Crime has long fused with politics. Here’s an illustration. During the presidential election before last was in the press about the fact that presidential candidate Vilija Blinkyavichyute maintains close relationships with well-known entrepreneur from the police Mazeikiai Gintas moss – with whom she was seen not only in public, but also on vacation in Druskininkai. The name of the reindeer moss, known in the underworld by the nickname “Barklis” associated with the group Taurage “shvininisov.” Associated with this group has supported the company Blinkyavichyute in the presidential election in 40 thousand litas. According to employees of law enforcement, “Barklis” likes a luxurious life, nice cars, and is distinguished by its talent-rich charm of older women. In view of the Lithuanian law enforcement agencies in the moss came in 2000 when, along with other crime bosses has been arrested in Germany. The Lithuanians have got into the hands of German officials on stupid accidents – at one of their towns for traffic violation stop traffic police. The German police brought suspected hidden inside the neatly packaged, tied with ribbon box. Asking open these gifts, the officials found a bunch of British pounds – just 271 thousand pounds (about 1 million 300 thousand litas or half a million dollars at today’s exchange rate). Since the Lithuanians could not produce documents proving the origin of money, a German court seized the entire amount of money – officials were confident that the money received for cigarette smuggling. Blinkyavichyute herself denied that closely communicates with the “Barklisom.”
Another example. November 1, 2003 still daily newspaper Respublika Lithuania took the unprecedented step and published the contents of Help the State Security Department – the main intelligence of the country – on which there was a sign of “The Secret”. Help name the following: “On the negative trends that threaten national security.” The note provides a detailed analysis of the relationship of senior Lithuanian officials, including the adviser subsequently ousted President Rolandas Paksas’s national security and defense, with the underworld. Here are four major findings made by the Department of State Security of Lithuania: “1. Noticed the aggressive penetration of large capital of Russia in the strategically important sectors of electricity, gas, oil, transport, Lithuania. The active interest in the opportunity to invest in Lithuania is associated with a similar entry of Lithuania into NATO and the EU. Part of the Russian investments is estimated as an attempt to legalize and to enter the Western markets.
2. VSD has information about the penetration of international organized crime structures in Lithuania, which also may be due to the inclusion of Lithuania into European and transatlantic structures. In an effort to support their goals in Lithuania, the gangs are looking for contacts in the upper layers of the Lithuanian authorities.
3. The collected information allows the VSD to say that Lithuania is used as a third country for the trafficking and proliferation of weapons and dual-use materials.
4. Lithuania is also used as the third country to conduct illegal financial operations (smuggling, money laundering) to finance international terrorism. “
The data relating to the last point, coming from intelligence agencies of NATO member countries. It seems that since that time in Lithuania, nothing has changed, and everything as always, quietly, “merged” into the archives for reliable locks. The best commentary on this assertion – the history of “Kaunas avenger” Drasyusa Kedisa and generally “Kaunas thing about pedophiles.” Kedis coolly kills two involved, according to him, corrupting his underage daughter and use her for sexual pleasures. Then the “Avenger” is found dead, concluding that drowned. Then, drowns the only suspect. The case falls apart, though somewhere walks third “uncle” which told the girl, and her mother, who could not know nothing about what was happening, but which is constantly guarded by secret service agents do not know from whom.
In general, Kaunas – Lithuania is Chicago thirties of last century. All that can be proud of the underworld of Lithuania, is rooted in the depths of the second-largest city. There is even such a thing – “Kaunas style”: when you are deceived, “divorced”, intimidated, or killed obvoruyut.
That Kaunas – the Lithuanian capital of counterfeiters. I was surprised to hear police reports, “more than half the police followed the group of counterfeiters …”. A clever guys in the meantime threw Europe fake euros, to distinguish from the real that even the experts do not take an extra class.
Another trade – drugs. Although the police quite regularly closes the regular production, there is no doubt that next opens a new one. Drug lords are trying to push out of Lithuania in international markets colleagues from Europe and Latin America, not without reason, believing that “made in Lithuania, the quality of drugs higher due to higher general culture of production and highly qualified personnel” – just quote some of the materials of the past congresses of the CPSU.
Pedophilia. Perhaps the use of children as sexual partners for the production of child pornography was encountered in the investigative practice in the past. But now this plague has spread literally by Lithuania. Every little bit of the town has a decent homebrew pedophile.
An interesting study conducted doctoral student of Law of Vilnius University. Mykolas Romeris Eymutis Misyunas. Analyzing committed citizens murder, robbery, disorderly conduct, cases of resistance to the officials and the circumstances of an accident, Misyunas came to the conclusion that the crime rate has decreased compared to 2002 by 8%, but remains the highest in the EU. For example, at 100 thousand Lithuanian citizens accounts for 8.9 kills. That is, the citizens of today commit violent crimes than residents of other EU countries. As regards, assassinations and assassinations, is investigating a recent case in which the center of Vilnius city council member was stabbed to death in the past well-known lawyer, Sergei Novikov, a police officer allowed himself to bitter joke: “It seems that we are now back in the spirited 1990 few years. “
Contract killings occur infrequently, but systematically. Earlier this year, on the outskirts of Vilnius, was found dead a man closely associated with crime. A similar murder in the villa zone of the capital took place in March. In June, killed by Novikov. This chain is tempting to think that the active force, avenging those who have been in varying degrees associated with the famous “Vilnius Brigade”, whose leader Boris Dekanidze was sentenced to death. Ethnic crime in Lithuania, is virtually nonexistent. Only Chechens moved en masse to Lithuania after the Chechen war, trying to push this “business” Lithuanian and Russian. However, they are also easier to work, working, than clashing. So when he heard the words of President that Lithuania “is ruled by the oligarchs and the underworld,” taxpayers are not too surprised. And who else can edit?
Recorded criminal activity. Tags: place of residence,
type of crime, statistics, and goda.20062007200820092010Gorod village. Criminal activities 15 573 Total 74 178 06 083 zaregistrirovano82 669Prestupnaya activities 20 377 100 000 4212 1852 3242 zhiteley2 492 .. Crimes Total 47 467 99 071 97 276 zaregistrirovano75 618Prestupleny 29 170 100 000 2242 0142 1432 zhiteley2 285 .. Total criminal offenses zaregistrirovano6 6815 7516 0886 9127 100 000 051Na zhiteley197170181207 .. City Criminal activities 73 656 Total 56 860 13 763 zaregistrirovano63 095Prestupnaya activities 38 957 100 000 8142 5082 6782 zhiteley2 836 .. Crimes Total 42 651 96 455 32 057 zaregistrirovano58 836Prestupleny 91 351 100 000 5802 3042 4632 zhiteley2 591 .. Criminal offenses Total 3104 6044 8175 zaregistrirovano5 259Na 4765 100 000 .. zhiteley234205214245 Village Criminal activities 41 916 Total 86 317 60 819 zaregistrirovano18 051Prestupnaya activities 32 920 100 000 6301 5051 5831 zhiteley1 750 .. Crimes Total 04 815 72 616 35 217 zaregistrirovano17 291Prestupleny 91 918 100 000 zhiteley1 5091 4041 4701 622 .. Criminal offenses Total 3711 1371 2561 zaregistrirovano1 760Na 4101 100 000 .. zhiteley121102113128 Source: Lithuanian Department of Statistics
Estonia
Estonia’s ruling elite and loyal to her through the national media and most of the cover of the Estonian population believe that crime in the country is “foreign non-Estonian nature.” Estonians believe that sitting in prisons and crime are engaged exclusively in “non-Estonians’, or rather,” these Russian “. Infofonom typical for such beliefs can be considered a TV program rating Krimi Estonian second channel in which the imperturbable Estonian police officer pushes a police officer “Bobby” typical offender order – slovenly drunk man in a tracksuit, which communicates with a reporter only on the great language of Pushkin and Tolstoy, with active using profanity. Annoying abundance of telekartinok unwittingly suggests that the criminals of other nationalities in Estonia and that no local Russian – only “gopota” and the criminal element.
Ironically, but perhaps this is one of the few axioms in the mythological basis of the Estonians, which can optionally accept. Thus, according to statistics of the Ministry of Justice, in places of detention in Estonia are on the court and 2.667 persons in custody 750 people, most of them – about 65% of known Russian their native language, yet the order of 8-10% can be called a Russian-speaking inmates. The explanation for this was given long ago, sociologists and economists: in a country where all the non-titular population in law and solidarity with the titular population relegated to the position of “second class”, and living standards, unemployment, social problems – the number of abortiruemyh to AIDS and life expectancy – not in favor of foreigners, that foreigners are victims of social degradation, and one of the symptoms of which – the involvement in crime.
By citizenship situation of prisoners as follows: 190 are citizens of Russia, 17 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania, 11 citizens, 9 citizens of Ukraine, 4 citizens of Azerbaijan, three citizens of Israel, and two Chinese. In addition to 3500 prisoners in Estonia are the Ministry of Justice registered the so-called “under surveillance” that were released to freedom from prison or under electronic control (electronic bracelet).
As the number of prisoners per 100 thousand inhabitants Estonia ranked second in the EU after Latvia – 248 of them here for 100 thousand inhabitants. Clearly, these statistics are not happy one. That’s why most of Estonia’s population as a whole reacted positively to the recent initiative of the Ministry of Justice that the new law by foreigners who have been convicted in Estonia for various crimes may be deported. I must admit that Estonians confidence that they are “no not a criminal nation,” can easily be questioned, if the report that outside of most Estonians in Estonia is well known for their propensity for violent and illegal acts. For example, in a typical “country of rampant crime Estonia” Finland in prison serving a variety of long prison sentences 120 Estonians. About 100 Estonians “languishing” in Germany, over 100 Estonian citizens – in the UK, about the same in other EU countries and the world. There is even the Estonians, drug traffickers, criminal serving a sentence in Latin America and South Asia. Among the crimes committed by Estonians abroad, the most typical – pimping and prostitution, racketeering, forgery of documents, including financial and credit cards, tax evasion, drug trafficking, armed robbery of jewelry stores and contract killings. Involuntarily recalled a Hollywood movie Playing God in 1995 in which the hero actor David Duchovny says with horror at the suggestion someone to deal with the Los andzhelevskim crime: “What do you mean – it’s Estonian!” Also worth dobbavit that used YouTube in 2010, the disposable popular movie in which a “hot Estonian guy” started a brawl in the style of “drunken master kung-fu” in the central area of Helsinki in the Finnish squad of police. Estonians consider themselves Finns “wild” and are unhappy with their presence in the country, calling it the cause of all Estonians criminal problems in the country of a thousand lakes. Something that resembles, is not it?
Still, Estonia can not be called “a hotbed of criminal ‘: feature affects both the national and geographic location. Estonians – the people quiet, tidy and timid. As rightly pointed out a humorist, the Estonians – the only nationality of the world that likes to her something forbidden. Not accidentally, the team Ei Tohi! (“Can not”) is a key in the education of Estonian children. In addition, Estonia – a very small country, so you can escape after the crime. Everything in it is too centralized and unified by the so-called “electronic government”, which also simplifies the control of the inhabitants of the country by law enforcement agencies. In Estonia, because of “greed and closure of the local population” (according to a visiting street guitarist) are not flourishing forms of fraud such as begging and street “divorce” when pedestrians might be stuck with low-quality goods. Knowing this, practical and more likely to move the representatives of the Balkan and Transylvanian peoples in Estonia usually do not stay, preferring the more populous and well-fed to the EU.
In Estonia, the five prisons, of which the Tartu and Viru – brand new, built in 2000 and 2008, respectively, of the means of the European Union. All other prisons are built or in the Tsarist or Soviet times and in altered or updated during the First and Second republics today. According to the Ministry of Justice of Estonia, the level of recidivists (repeat offenses) in the country as a whole corresponds to the statistics of the EU – within a year after his release again in detention get about a quarter of prisoners. Also, low levels of prisoners involved in the job while serving the punishment – these only 280 are engaged in manufacturing and 430 – to hozrabotah in prison. A set of common crimes in Estonia does not differ from the rest of Europe. Speaking about the specific crimes in Estonia, it is worth noting here that the rather high proportion of crimes against minors: only one in 2010 was recorded 275 crimes against children to sexual abuse. Moreover, as noted by sociologists, is just the tip of the iceberg. Unlike Russia, the idea of chemical castration of pedophiles is only discussed in the Ministry of Justice of Estonia.
There is another type of crime, which in Estonia is gaining momentum, but that is not reflected in the lists of prisoners in Estonia – “abduction” of children by foreign citizens of joint families with Estonian citizens. More often than fathers of foreigners in secret and without permission of minors trafficked from Estonia to mothers-women citizens of Estonia and then to make out all the necessary papers at home. The dynamics of just depressing: if in 2007 such cases recorded 3-5, then in 2009 – more than 15. Sadly, according to statistics published in the media, the Estonian authorities could not in all that time to return any stolen child, although allegations of child abduction legally formalized. In March of 2011 in Tartu prison for virtually a lifetime (35-year period) the conclusion was sent to a war criminal, 66-year-old Dragomir Milosevic, convicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. It is the first convicted in Estonia. Estonia previously expressed consent to the prisoners the Taliban with the U.S. military prison in Guntanamo, but the U.S. refused the offer.
