Is The Underworld Emerging & Active In Sri Lanka
By Sarath Wijesinghe –November 2, 2015
Sarath Wijesinghe
Organized Crime
5th Protocol on General Assembly in Bangkok describes this concept as ‘organized crime’ – in other words the underworld as ‘an enterprise of group of persons engaged and continue in illegal activities which is active and primary purpose of generating profits irrespective of its boundaries.’ This shows that it has no boundaries and limitations. Profiteering process may be different but income may be enormous. In the present trend of most developed IT and connected technology where information transmits in seconds worldwide with a press of a button, organized international crime thrives globally with the help of soft targets such as Sri Lanka where the legal and combat of crime process is in the primitive and developing stages. It is learnt that Sri Lanka is a main Hub of Drugs and connected illegal transactions with the weak and inactive Police and State Security System including lack of advanced intelligent service. There was an indirect ‘sea blockade’ with measures to combat piracy which is now in a mess due to conflicts on legal and political issues. In Israel public Security and Safety of the country will not be compromised at any cost under any situation. Israel USA and USSR the motto is ‘Security Priority’ not necessarily the case in Sri Lanka. Israel helped us to win the war and pledged to extend continued support to improve our public security. International and local underworld has unlimited resources and patronage from politically and economically powerful personalities and organizations local and worldwide. It travels beyond boundaries and interconnected via the global network of organized crimes connected to smuggle of drugs, liquor, illicit goods and consignments of varied illegal items with enormous profits, weapon smuggling, shipments and illegal consignments, sex clubs, beach boys, prostitution, are main acres and sources of the network of underworld. Sometimes this is done with sophisticated and respected face frontages with politicians and rich who needs the underworld for their existence. Underworld gangs have no politics. They change colors overnight and the customers too need the job done with less complications. Even in the recent largest customs detection ever is backed by underworld guaranteed the protection of the culprits. Payment varies from maximum to minimum. news is disturbing on the mode and the amounts demanded for crimes including killings for money. Media is responsible for bad reporting and it is time the Press Council looks into the matter carefully in monitoring and guiding the media to be more responsible.
