Challenges in containing organized drug-related crime by means of public-private partnerships

• In Event: Reflecting on the Dutch integrated approach to contain and prevent organized and organizational crime

Abstract

In recent years, important steps have been taken in public-private partnerships in
the Dutch approach to organized drug-related crime. It took private actors several years before they
endorsed the importance and urgency of tackling (drug-related) subversive crime.
Today, they are aware of the problem, although not all private actors that become
involved in the approach will stay involved. Recent research shows that public-private
partnerships lose strength and dynamism when public parties overshadow private
ones. These and other challenges will be discussed in the presentation.

Author

• Lieselot Bisschop, Erasmus University Rotterdam