"1. Raising public awareness and mobilizing public support are important elements of any preventive action. Education and promotional programmes and the process of public exposure have been successful in changing community attitudes and in enlisting public support. Measures of this kind can help to counter public revenue fraud and can be further developed and utilized on a systematic basis by targeting areas of special social and economic harm to the community and by enlisting the co-operation of the mass media in playing a positive role. "2. Research into the structure of organized crime and the evaluation of the effectiveness of existing countermeasures should be encouraged, since it can contribute to the establishment of a more informed basis for prevention programmes. For example, research in relation to corruption, its causes, nature and effect, its links to organized crime and anti-corruption measures is a prerequisite to the development of preventive programmes. "3. Possible devices to prevent or minimize the impact of organized crime should be continuously explored. While the whole question of crime prevention is an underdeveloped area in many countries, specific measures in a mimber of spheres have been effective. Detailed prograpnes that are designed to place obstacles in the way of a potential offender, reduce opportunities for crime and make its commission more conspicuous should be encouraged. Fraud control programmes represent a significant and positive step in this direction. Other measures include risk analysis to assess vulnerability to fraud, control strategies in relation to such areas as systems and procedures, management and the supervision of staff, physical security, information and intelligence, computers, investigative strategies and training programmes. The creation of anti-corruption agencies or similar mechanisms should also be pursued. Crime impact studies and the identification of criminogenic factors of new development programmes would provide opportunities for the adoption of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on strategies for preventing and combating organized crime, including public awareness campaigns, research, and the implementation of fraud control programs. It also mentions the importance of creating anti-corruption agencies and conducting crime impact studies. Based on this, it seems likely that the text is related to issues of governance and law enforcement, which are often linked to economic and social development.

**Category**
Health, Employment