Vietnamese organised crime in the Czech republic: identification of current threats and risk assessment

Abstract

The issue of Vietnamese organised crime represents a current, adaptive, and challenging security threat in the Czech context. Based on a review of scholarly literature and employing analytical–synthetic and descriptive methods, this paper briefly examines the Vietnamese ethnic group within the structures of organised crime in the Czech Republic. It offers a working definition of Vietnamese organised crime and, in its core section, presents the results of an expert investigation. This investigation focused on identifying current security threats posed by Vietnamese organised crime in the Czech Republic and assessing their associated risks. The findings indicate that Vietnamese organised crime is primarily oriented towards economic crime and drugrelated offences, with the highest-risk security threats falling within these areas. The paper also emphasises the need for continuous analysis, systematic identification of security threats, and ongoing risk assessment to support the development and implementation of appropriate preventive and repressive measures.