Vietnamese organized crime. Genesis, forms and areas of action. Threat to the Republic of Poland

The aim of the article is to outline the issue of Vietnamese organized crime. This phenomenon is relatively new especially in Europe, although emigrants from this country appeared in Western and Eastern Europe as early as in the 1960s. The hermetic nature of the Vietnamese environments makes it difficult to recognize by the authorized services of countries affected by this problem, mainly France, Germany and Poland. Effective fight requires complex operational procedures, first of all placing groups of agents with the right appearance, who know the language and Vietnamese culture. This is obviously not a simple challenge for the European services. However, more and more active criminal activities, mainly in the area of tax fraud, money laundering, drug production and sales, and human trafficking, have mobilized police in many countries to take steps to effectively fight the Vietnamese mafia, as Vietnamese organized crime is often illegitimate referred to.