although the group identified numerous subjects in the field of TOC that could
have been covered in its work, only five topics have been focused on in this
White Paper to allow for precise recommendations for a future action plan: a)
problems related to police and judicial international co-operation; b) the use of
special investigative techniques (SITs); c) the implementation of witness
protection programmes and collaboration of state witnesses; d) the need for
increasing co-operation with administrative agencies as well as with the private
sector; e) the essential need to target the proceeds of crime in order to
discourage this type of criminality and to really improve the effectiveness of the
fight against criminal organisations that operate in a transnational setting;
– the White Paper includes a list of recommendations based on the analysis of
existing problems within the five key areas for improving the criminal response
to TOC. It is not within the competence of this White Paper to lay out a concrete
plan defining priorities and specific activities for the Council of Europe; rather, it
makes recommendations proposing certain actions