东欧各国在从计划经济向市场经济过渡的过程中,有组织犯罪、金融诈骗、赃毒、洗钱等犯罪活动巨幅增长,并且和政府官员保持着千丝万缕的联系。作者认为,有组织的洗钱犯罪活动及犯罪集团对合法经济的渗透是对东欧国家合法经济和政治发展的一种威胁,民主化和私有化改革将因此而可能出现倒退。 In the process of transition from a planned economy to a market economy, Eastern European countries have witnessed a tremendous increase in criminal activities such as organized crime, financial fraud, stolen goods and money-laundering, and are in constant contact with government officials. The author believes that the organized crime of money-laundering and the infiltration of criminal groups into the legitimate economy are a threat to the legitimate economic and political development of the countries of Eastern Europe. Democratization and privatization reforms will thus likely regress.