The master's thesis analyzes the impact of organized crime on the socio-political system. It examines the differences in terminology used to describe various branches within organized crime, the challenges faced by social science researchers in studying organized crime and its effects on society and politics. The work highlights the distinctions in the study of organized crime and the mafia, which is the most extensively researched representative of criminal organizations. Through the history of organized crime, the thesis presents the origins of its collaboration with politics, the various methods used to achieve its goals, and how nations began to combat organized crime. The study also touches upon the impact on civil society, from living in fear of consequences to how society has started resisting and gradually disengaging from cooperation with organized crime. From the difficulties in researching closed-type organizations to analyzing the influence of organized crime on different spheres of society and the state, the thesis offers perspectives on contemporary challenges posed by organized crime in today's world—a time when the blurring of borders facilitates the transnational connections and operations of such organizations.
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