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The question considered herein is whether corruption in the contexts o f economic a n d organised crime -as discussed in to two em pirical studies in Sweden -should be treated as crim inality in and o f itse lf o r as simply a means by which to fa cilita te other form s o f crime. The article concludes that corruption is in many ways an instrument to facilitate the transaction o f both econom ic a n d organised crime, ie, le g a l activites f o r economic crim e a n d ille g a l operations f o r organised crime. The one exception is occupational crime in which white co lla r crim inals misuse their occupa tions, typically by demanding or accepting brides. In this case, corruption can clearly be treated as the g o a l o f crim in a l activity. InledningK o rru p tio n in n e fattar a llt frå n m utade tra fik p o lis e r t i l l m in is tra r som är in b lan dad e i in te rn a tio n e lla vapenaffärer. D et är m ed andra o rd en stor sp ännvid d på de g ä rnin g ar som ry m s u n d e r begrepp et k o rru p tio n . På senare tid har k o rru p tio n ock så b liv it ett om råde som få tt a lltm e r upp m ärksam het in o m k r im in a lp o lititik e n . B a k g ru n d e n är att k o rru p tio n le d er t i l l stora p ro b lem genom en m in d re e ffe k tiv ekon om i och att det so cia la k a p ita let i sam hället u rh o lk a s (B rå 2007:21; R othstein, 2003). N ä r k o rru p tio n kom m er på ta l b ru k a r o ck så ek on om isk o ch organiserad b ro ttslig h etet näm nas, i a lla f a ll i den in te rn a tio n e lla litte ra tu re n (R u g g ie ro , 1996). E k o n o m is k o ch org a n isera d b ro ttslig h e t är o ck så om råden som v ä ck e r stort k r im in a lp o litis k t in tre sse ( K o rs e ll, 2006). L å t oss d ä rfö r u n d e rsö k a h u r k o rru p tio n i p ra k tik e n fö r h å lle r sig t i l l denna b ro tts lig h e t o c h utgå frå n re sultatet frå n tv å e m p iris k a s tu d ie r om k o rru p tio n som B ro ttsfö re b y g g a n d e rådet (B rå ) g e n o m fö rt på senare år. D e n fö rsta , Otillåten påverkan riktad mot myndighetspersoner. F rå n trakas serier, hot och våld till amorös infiltration ( B rå 2005:18)', ta r u p p k o rru p tio n som en av fle ra fo rm e r av o tillå te n påverkan. M e d det avses att s y fte t m ed de o tillå tn a åtgärderna är att påverka m y n d ig hetsutövning en. D e n andra rap porte n är helt in r ik tad på k o rru p tio n , Korruptionens struktur i Sverige: "Den korrupte upphandlaren" och andra f a ll om mutor, bestickning och maktmissbruk (B rå 2007:21)2. ' Tack till fil. dr David Wästerfors vid Sociologiska institutionen vid Lunds universitet samt utredarna Linda Källman, Linda Weding och Johanna Skinnari vid Brottsförebyggande rådet för synpunkter på artikelutkast. '* Title in Swedish: Corruption: Economic or Organised Crime? Original in Swedish.

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Based on several studies, the aim of the article is to compare trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation to trafficking in drugs. Women are recruited and drugs are bought in other countries and transported to Sweden. What are the similarities and differences between the recruitment phase (women) and the purchases (drugs)? Both sexual services and drugs are sold in local markets. This requires marketing, contacts and access to customers. Women need accommodation and often a place to sell the services, drugs must be stored somewhere and prepared for sale. Procurement, trafficking and the purchase of sexual services are illegal and in the case of drugs even consumption and possession for personal use is illegal and prosecuted. Facilitators often play an important role in connecting customers and providers. This article will further describe what kind of organizational structure is needed to arrange these logistics and some different strategies used by organizers and distributors.