Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija

The problem of national security is relevant to all countries of the world as it is an important condition for the country’s economic growth. This is confirmed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) distinguished risks of economic development, their interactions, threats and dangers on the global level. The aim of the article is to characterize the internal factors of Lithuanian national security which are related to the possibilities of economic threats and dangers. The method of basic indicator comparison is used; where as the first year (e.g., year 2007) of the analyzed period is selected as the base year. Both absolute and relative quantities of analyzed indices are compared.

The Part II is the continuation of the discussions begun in the last issue of Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues 6(3) in area of ensuring public security in the fight against crime and focuses in particular on the importance of creating models for control and prevention of new crime acts. Also, the problems of prevention and control of some conditionally distinguished criminal processes – shadow economy, corruption, fight against human trafficking and domestic violence – are scrutinized. In consideration of the limited scope of the work and striving for the concentration of the research, analysis of these criminal processes is conducted just to the extent it is important in order to distinguish the main topical issues pertaining to the modernization of coordination for ensuring public security.

The article describes the research of the development of the shadow economy, defines its essence, discloses main reasons for its occurrence; describes its structure, Identifies factors that promote its development; evaluates the system of combating measures and reveals the results of controlling it. Policy implications are being suggested.