Today, organized crime represents a threat to the security and stability of any state, including the Republic of Croatia. Organized crime benefits from state/political integration processes, liberalization of border regimes and the movement and sojourn of foreigners, alterations to and liberalized opportunities for transnational economy and financial transactions or in short, the results of globalization offer organized crime a wide area to act within.
All of the above-mentioned has caused SOA to adjust its human potentials and technical resources to this situation. Thus, SOA gathers data within the territory of the Republic of Croatia and abroad on the plans, intentions, activities and operations of individuals, groups or organizations which participate in or are linked with the most complex forms of organized crime, and also studies and evaluates threats and risks to national security, stemming from organized crime. On a daily basis, SOA reports to state authorities (the police, state attorney, USKOK, and others) data gathered on organized crime.