Crime in Montenegro is combated by the Montenegro Police and other agencies.

Crime by type

Murder

In 2012, Montenegro had a murder rate of 2.7 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 17 murders in Montenegro in 2012.''Global Study on Homicide''. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2013.
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Organised crime

The Montenegrin Mafia or Montenegrin Cartel are terms used for the various criminal organizations based in

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. There are 700 documented organized criminals operating within Montenegro; outside of the country Montenegrin gangs are active throughout

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. The gangs tend to specialize in

cigarette smuggling The illicit cigarette trade is defined as “the production, import, export, purchase, sale, or possession of tobacco goods which fail to comply with legislation” (FATF 2012). Illicit cigarette trade activities fall under 3 categories: # Con ...

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and

arms trafficking Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations. The illegal trade of small arm ...

Human trafficking

Montenegro is a transit, source, and destination country for men, women, and girls who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and forced labor. Trafficking victims are mostly females from Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Albania, and Kosovo, who migrate or are smuggled through the country en route to other destinations and subjected to conditions of forced prostitution in Montenegro.

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children are coerced into organized street begging in the country.

Corruption

Corruption is a serious problem in Montenegro. The European Commission finds in its Progress Report 2013 that efficiency in the fight against corruption is constrained by frequent legislative changes and the lax attitude among law enforcement authorities to investigate corruption allegations, especially those involving high-level officials.

References

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