International Journal on Criminology Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 2018/Spring 2019 | Page 74

International Journal on Criminology
land territories from the effects of this mechanism. Tackling overcapacity directly
is impossible, as we have found out. However, tackling the effects of overcapacity
is something we can do in our EEZs, where the operational means exist. Yet in
order to act against the internationalized criminal agents, or to act before the
threat reaches our territories, or before the external threat starts to support
internal threats, we need to have international policing cooperation, and through
this develop tools for the early identification of these mechanisms. The aim will
then be to reach international criminal organizations by tackling economic and
financial components, or even by taking action against individuals through police
and legal action.
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