CONFERENCE ON PREVENTION OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN CROATIA ENDS

ZAGREB, June 13 (Hina) - A three day work conference on the prevention of organized crime in Croatia ended on Friday. The conference, held at the Police Academy of the Croatian Interior Ministry in Zagreb, gathered representatives of the Croatian and Slovenian interior ministries, representatives of the Croatian ministries of defense, economy and justice, as well as representatives of customs administration and the state attorney's office. Closing the conference, Croatian Assistant Interior Minister Zeljko Sacic said he was satisfied the conference successfully defined the notion of "organized crime", whose ultimate aim would be extremely useful in everyday crime fighting practice. Through a statistics base on the movement of organized crime, it will be possible to build a more adequate strategy in the general prevention of crime, Sacic pointed out. (hina) ha jn 131710 MET jun 97