The globalisation of Organized Crime. No less than 79 different nationalities are involved in organized crime in Belgium. With 24 organizations, the Italian underworld is still the largest foreign criminal circuit in Belgium. The new generation of Italian maffiosi is on the stock market and in the financial world.'Immediately after the Italian organizations follow Dutch (6 percent), Moroccan (5 percent) and Albanian groups (5 percent). "The systematic increase of Albanian criminal organizations in Belgium is the most striking finding in the annual report," says Paternotte. "Year after year, they succeed in expanding their activities. In 1997, Albanian groups began street crime, but later they became involved in heroin and women trafficking, prostitution and organized thefts. They go very opportunistly and use more violence than other groups. "