Organised crime uses the legal economy in various ways to facilitate criminal activities and secure illicit assets. The impact of these activities is also referred to as subversive crime. At the request of the General Directorate of Security and Prevention (FPS Home Affairs), research is being conducted into which economic sectors in Belgium are the most vulnerable to undermining crime and how this can be visualised. The results of the research should provide the Directorate of Integrity Assessment for Public Administrations (further DIOB) with the necessary input for it to prepare the risk analysis referred to in the draft law.
The concrete assignment consists of three parts:
1. Mapping the existing situation on the intertwining of the "underworld" and the "upper world" and economic sectors and activities.
2. Identification of the strengths and weaknesses in each step of the process and among the various actors involved.
3. Formulating science-based recommendations for the future and this on the timely detection of undermining crime, tools, points of interest, methods of analysis, methodology, relevant and/or necessary information for local authorities, the DIOB and municipalities for the purpose of carrying out a risk analysis, as referred to in the draft Administrative Enforcement Bill.