Transnational crime is a crime with multiple meaning, which is consider to be crime committed in one or more states, but extensive part of its preparation, planning, direction or control takes place in another state (Bohm & Haley, 2008, p. 532). It is an organized crime that have spread across borders that involving groups working in more than one country to arrange and carry out criminal dealing speculations. Transnational organized crime groups have also been involved in hijacking, terrorism, and civil wars (Bohm & Haley, 2008, p. 535). Some significant criminal activities of transnational crime groups are noticeable in numerous varieties, including as cybercrime, trafficking in drugs, attempt to damage government organizations, money laundering, smuggling weapons and even persons. For example, criminals over and over again use the internet to commit a large amount of offenses known as cyber crimes such as the recent activity of the Target scandal. In which thieves stole over 40 million of Target’s customer credit card numbers, and unfortunately I was one of the victims of that incident. Despairingly, in the future law enforcement agencies should enhance their fight against transnational organized crime.…
Exam Review 3/28/13 10:32 AM Rockefeller and Standard Oil (2) Proliferation of organized crime caused by: • Collapse of Soviet Union • Explosion of global markets Primary businesses • Drugs • Arms • Human Trafficking – 3rd largest growing criminal industry o Article Handed out – On Test o 2 Components Labor Sex Trafficking o 1/3 of human trafficking resources come from craigslist Globalization and nexus of terrorism, differences from org crime • Terrorism is inherently an organization that destroys politics, organized crime nurtures and infiltrates politics. Terr subvert government, org crime wants to maintain and run a parallel organiztion Where organized crime groups thrive • Tri-border coiuntries – ability to cross, human trafficking, etc. Al Queda • Using La Comorra to forge documents 3 different types of traditional organized crime • Sicilian • La Comorra from Sp prisons • L’Ndranga? Popular in Australia and Canada, origin in slums of Collabria, Italy 4 types • • • • of terrorism Criminal – profit, psychological gain…
Additional the United Nations had already put into place a response to terrorism which was the 14 accession/ratifications and 119 signatures on the ‘International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism’. This is an important response to realize the integrated nature of crime financing…
2. del Cid Gómez, Juan Miguel. "A Financial Profile of the Terrorism of Al-Qaeda and its Affiliates." Perspectives on Terrorism [Online], 4.4 (2010): n. page. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.…
Today’s terrorism and organized crime groups are so similar that their differences are starting to blur and the commonalities are becoming clearer. Terrorism and organized crime is a perfect match, that may have different objectives, but they can accomplish their goals through one another. The underground network, tactics they share and utilize to accomplish a task in support of one another, recruiting methods, financial institutions, and the effects of globalization and technology are the main similarities. In today’s world one does not survive without the other.…
Transnational organized crime involves the planning and execution of illicit business ventures by groups or networks of individuals working in more than one country. (Justice, 2007) For the United States, international crime poses threats on three broad, interrelated fronts. First, the impact is felt directly on the streets of American communities. Hundreds of thousands of individuals enter the United States illegally each year. Criminal networks are believed to have benefitted from the weakening of certain government institutions, more open borders, and the resurgence of ethnic and regional conflicts across the former Soviet Union and many other regions. These criminal groups use systematic violence and corruption to achieve their goals. These crimes mainly include money laundering, human smuggling,…
Today’s technology has facilitated the avenue of organized crime, and in turn, it has complicated the fight against organized crime for law enforcement and investigative agencies. Mafias, cartels, gangs, are instantly known for their organized criminal activity, but some politicians and powerful businessmen are notorious for organized crime activity as well (usually known as white collar crime. Drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, and body part selling are normally the types of corrupted activity that mafias, and cartels use to gain financial power. This paper will describe what entails organized crime, the characteristics of the people involved, and what criminal organizations…
References: Albanese, J. S. (2012). DECIPHERING THE LINKAGES BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME. Journal Of International Affairs, 66(1), 1.…
Transnational organized crime rears its ugly head in many different forms, ranging from the trafficking of drugs and people to illegal arms. This is often accomplished by using unsuspecting individuals to transport goods and clean dirty money through legitimate businesses. The large sums of dirty money often impact communities because it is used to buy political power through funding campaigns of political supporters and bribing officials to push illegal agendas of organized crime. Every year, countless individuals lose their lives at the hands of criminals involved in organized crime, succumbing to drug-related health problems or injuries inflicted by firearms, or losing their…
Terrorism has changed and developed across the world over time, much like the world has changed and developed over time. Advancements in technology, communications, military and transportation have also aided in the advancement of terrorist ability. Most countries, as well as the people residing in them, have dramatically advanced their capabilities in all areas, including terrorism, with each passing decade. The phrase ‘terrorism’ was originally coined in the late 1700s in reference to European governments attempting to gain a stronghold over the people and initiate their ideas (Roberts, 2002). However, this began to change in the late 1800s when non-governmental organizations began developing with a mission to overthrow their unsatisfactory…
In previous decades, terrorism has been on the rise, and it has only continued to grow since the attacks of September 11th. In 2014, according to The Economist Magazine, over 30 million people were killed worldwide due to terrorist attacks (Daily Chart, 2015). This number is more than double the number of deaths from the previous year. In addition, the U.S. Department of State has over 60 different organizations listed as active terrorist organizations worldwide (Foreign Terrorist Organization, n.d.). In order for an organization to be deemed a “terrorist” organization by the U.S. Department of State, they must not only be a foreign organization, but they must be involved with the execution or planning of activities that have a direct effect on U.S. nationals or U.S. national security (Foreign Terrorist Organization, n.d.). With this threat being the main concentration of the United States over the last decade and a half, and still growing, it is easy to see why this is an area that the United States IC will continue to keep its center of attention on. What does make this more difficult, is the associated…
Drug trafficking is financing terrorism in our nation , drug trafficking is no longer a social and criminal ill but a trade that funds organized crime, terrorism and other security threats. . Some might find it to be a long shot ,how drug trafficking and embassy bombings ( or even 9/11 ) are related .Money serves as the largest contributor to the advancement of terror organizations .Unlike other crime, however, drug trafficking often has a twofold purpose for some terrorists .Most of the illicit drugs consumed in the United States come through or from Mexico. Another issue with terrorism and drug trafficking is domestic terrorism .The correlation of drug trafficking and terrorism is called , narco terrorism which is a subset of terrorism in which terrorist groups participate directly in the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, or distribution of controlled substances and the monies derived from these activities. DEA Definition: A narco-terrorist organization is an organized group that is complicit in the activities of drug trafficking in order to further or fund premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets with the intention to influence a government or group of people. According to the DEA “The links between terrorism and narcotrafficking are real and growing, according to current and former U.S. officials who participated in a special symposium December 4 at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Money serves as the largest contributor to the advancement of terror organizations . To get the money they need, terrorist organizations sell drugs . Those drugs are making their way into the United States in schools and neighborhoods everywhere .According to CBS news “the 272 page report , issued by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is chock full of frightening profiles:…
Globalization, technology, and communications have all led to an increase in organized crime. Another factor is that the western desire to consume is the primary driver of international organized crime.…
The issue of transnational organized crime has been debated since early 1990s by security experts who have viewed crime group as one of many direct challenge to take over the state authority and threats to the well being of their citizens. Transnational organized crime is a collective action problem where the groups operate across borders. Transnational organized crime can also undermine the social, economic, political and military components of state power. The label ‘transnational’ is therefore not used to designate a new form of regional or global criminality. Rather, the term is recognition of how these groups have successfully leveraged recent technological and political changes. (Williams, 2008) For example, the Sinaloa Cartel has maintained…
Transnational crime is a growing problem. Transnational crime is defined as “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnational for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/ or violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.” (National Security Council, n.d.) . Transnational crimes are known under other names such as cross-national crime, global crime, international crime, and transnational crime. In my paper, I will attempt to explain transnational crime and the types of crimes committed under this such as cybercrime, drug trafficking, money laundering, maritime piracy, theft of art and cultural objects, trade in human body parts, and human trafficking…