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Transnational Organised Crime
The perceived threat of 'transnational organized crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy makers and social scientists over the last decade. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured and the appropriateness of governments' policy responses. The contributors argue that while serious harm is often caused by transnational criminal activity - for example, the trafficking in human beings - the construction of that criminal activity as an external threat obscures the origins of these crimes in the markets for illicit goods and services within the 'threatened' societies. As such, the authors question the extent to which global crime can be controlled through law enforcement initiatives, and alternative policy initiatives are considered. The authors also question whether transnational organised crime will retain its place on the policy agendas of the United Nations and European Union in the wake of the 'War on Terror'.
Part 1: Origins of the Concept Part 2: Measurements and Interpretations Part 3: Case Studies Part 4: Current and Prospective Responses
Adam Edwards is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. Peter Gill is Reader in Politics and Security at the School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University.
'A significant contribution in the field of criminology.' - Global Crime
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Transnational organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean
Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Evolving Threats and Responses to Integrated, Adaptive Solutions provides a comprehensive overview of and introduction to transnational organized crime in Latin America for the student and practitioner. It addresses the geography of illicit activities, including relationships between source, transit, and consumption zones, as well as illicit activities beyond narcotrafficking, such as illegal mining, contraband, human smuggling, and money laundering. It applies a typology of cartels, intermediate groups, gangs, and ideological groups to examine specific criminal organizations and the relationships between them. It makes a comparative assessment of government approaches to combatting transnational organized crime in the region, including discussions of interagency coordination, interdiction, targeting of criminal group leaders, the use of the military in law enforcement, law enforcement reform efforts, prison control, and international cooperation. It concludes by applying these thorough analyses to make concrete recommendations for both Latin American and United States policymakers.
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The Global Underworld
Transnational crime is an increasing national security threat to the United States and to individual citizens around the world.Criminal groups both in the United Staes and abroad operate crime cartels that span national boundaries, but in ways that affect all Americans, and wreak havoc on law enforcement organizations as well as businesses and.
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Effective Crime Reduction Strategies
The International Police Executive Symposium coordinates annual international conferences to evaluate critical issues in policing and recommend practical solutions to law enforcement executives deployed across the globe. Drawn from the 2005 proceedings, this volume contains contributions from the renowned criminal justice and law enforcement professionals who gathered at this elite annual meeting. Dedicated to continued reduction in crime through local and global response, these international experts share effective crime-fighting principles and tried and proven best practices. Thoroughly revised and updated since the initial proceedings, the reports in this volume explore a host of essential topics.
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Nuevos desafios frente a la criminalidad organizada transnacional y el terrorismo
El libro que se presenta constituye el conjunto de resultados del Proyecto DER 2016-79705-R, financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad sobre “Criminalidad organizada, terrorismo y responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas\", que fueron discutidos en el IV Congreso Internacional sobre “Criminalidad organizada transnacional: una amenaza a los Estados democráticos, celebrado en la Universidad de Salamanca los días 10 y 11 de octubre de 2019. Con ello, este grupo de investigación que se inscribe en el Observatorio de Criminalidad Organizada Transnacional, aspira a dar un paso más en la comprensión, análisis y respuestas jurídicas y sociales a fenómenos criminales poliédricos, complejos que escapan a los conocimientos parcelados por especialidades y, por supuesto, a las fronteras nacionales, que amenazan gravemente la convivencia democrática. El terrorismo, la criminalidad organizada, como fenómenos silentes, ambiguos, híbridos, son capaces de camuflarse en actividades normalizadas, aparentemente lícitas para sortear la visibilidad de los aparatos de persecución penal ordinarios, sino corromper las diversas estructuras estatales, capturando el Estado en los casos más graves. De ahí que se haya tratado, especialmente, la responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas, la responsabilidad de los asesores jurídicos, además de las más modernas formas de tráficos ilícitos. España, por su situación geográfica, constituye un territorio estratégico para las organizaciones criminales, tanto como lugar de llegada como de tránsito. Prevenir estos fenómenos criminales, esto es, contener la criminalidad organizada y el terrorismo, constituye una tarea importante no sólo para la Academia, sino para todos los agentes sociales que pretenden una convivencia social libre de violencia y corrupción. En una célebre frase de El Padrino, éste le decía a uno de sus secuaces, “son sólo negocios\". Lamentablemente, son bastante más que “negocios\".
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Policing the globe : criminalization and crime control in international relations
In this illuminating history that spans past campaigns against piracy and slavery to contemporary campaigns against drug trafficking and transnational terrorism, Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann explain how and why prohibitions and policing practices increasingly extend across borders. The internationalization of crime control is too often described as simply a natural and predictable response to the growth of transnational crime in an age of globalization. The internationalization of policing, they demonstrate, primarily reflects ambitious efforts by generations of western powers to export their own definitions of \"crime,\" not just for political and economic gain but also in an attempt to promote their own morals to other parts of the world. A thought-provoking analysis of the historical expansion and recent dramatic acceleration of international crime control, Policing the Globe provides a much-needed bridge between criminal justice and international relations on a topic of crucial public importance.
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International Police Cooperation
The globalization of threats and the complexity of international security issues represents a greater challenge for international policing in (re)shaping inter-agency interaction, and makes effective international police cooperation more necessary than ever before.
This book sets out to analyse the key emerging issues and theory and practice of international police cooperation. Paying special attention to the factors that have contributed to the effective working of police cooperation in practice and the problems that are encountered, this book brings together original research that examines opportunities and initiatives undertaken by agencies (practices and processes introduced) as well as the impact of external legal, political, and economical pressures.
Contributors explore emerging initiatives and new challenges in several contexts at both national and international levels. They adopt a diversity of approaches and theoretical frameworks to reach a broader understanding of current and future issues in police cooperation. Forms of police cooperation and trends in crime control are examined, drawing upon the following disciplines: criminology, ethics, organizational science, political science, and sociology.
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Governance Frameworks to Counter Illicit Trade
This report examines governance frameworks to counter illicit trade. It looks at the adequacy and effectiveness of sanctions and penalties applicable, the steps parties engaged in illicit trade take to lower the risk of detection - for example through small shipments - and the use of free trade zones as hubs for managing trade in illicit products. It also identifies gaps in enforcement that may need to be addressed. The report provides an overview of selected enforcement issues in BRICS economies (Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa).
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Black Sea security : international cooperation and counter-trafficking in the Black Sea region
The Black Sea is a vital strategic crossroads between Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Comprising at least ten countries, with diverse religious, cultural, political and economic backgrounds, the region was shaped historically by centuries of conflict between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and in the 20th century by the rise and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent post-Cold War emergence of newly independent states. The region faces emerging security challenges of major international strategic interest, not least because 80% of all Russian gas destined for Europe transits through the Black Sea states. The nexus for unresolved territorial conflicts which have led to the establishment of intractable guerrilla regimes, the region is also a hotbed of illicit trafficking in counterfeit goods, drugs, weapons and radioactive material from discarded former Soviet facilities. This book expands on the proceedings and subsequent contributions resulting from a NATO workshop held at Oxford University. The workshop on Black Sea security cooperation brought together key government and private sector stakeholders in the region. The first part of the book covers the security challenges to the Black Sea region. The second part looks at the prospects for shaping a new security architecture in the region, highlighting various regional law enforcement and counter-trafficking cooperation initiatives and proposing a range of technical security cooperation solutions to the ongoing challenges. The final part of the book offers perspectives on the South Ossetia conflict.
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