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.…
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There are many major global crimes and other criminal issues that may continue to arise developing to a more complex state becoming a transnational crime that can have an impact on the global justice systems and processes. For instance, the war against drugs and on terrorism is both a major global crime. They are group of businesses controlling the markets acquiring common goals to gain profit using any means of violence when necessary to gain power. Moreover, global crimes will continue to expand for many years on a personal level to maintain their structure and methods of operation. In this case, global crimes are very difficult to be assessed based on the various factors that fail to provide enough information to evaluate the event that occurred, but have a thorough understanding on how it has a major effect whether it is nationwide or worldwide. The transnational criminal justice systems must strengthen their gathering of secret information and enforcement capabilities nationally and…
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.…
The Taliban’s oppressive rule around the late 1990s caused the practice of bacha bazi to be moved underground. However, the fall of the Taliban government in 2001 revitalized the practice in Afghanistan, and according to Afghans who have studied bacha bazi or have even taken part in it, bacha bazi has continued to expand over the past decade. Bacha bazi also remains a poorly understood issue in Afghanistan because there are no sound statistics to express the full extent of the practice. In fact, Afghan government officials, law enforcement, and judicial officials have a limited understanding of human trafficking in general. Although bacha bazi is illegal in Afghanistan, it is a rather open practice because it can be an expression of a man’s social status if he owns a “boy to play”. Authorities are very aware of the practice, and there are even reports with possible evidence that various government officials partake in bacha bazi(Londono, “Refworld”). A lack of government enforcement is bringing about a culture where wealthy and powerful men completely disregard the law because they know they will not face consequences for their actions. Authorities knowingly turn a blind eye and fail to hold criminals accountable in part because some officials participate in what they are supposed to be eliminating. It does not matter what the Afghan government does or does not do to hold criminals accountable because…
Organized crime has been a growing issue since the early 20th century and even a little before. Oppressed ethnic groups fled their own countries of origin to find new life in a new country only to suffer from prejudice there as well. They used organized crime to better their income and rise in social classes; it was a business with many perks. Organized crime has flourished over the years making new business ventures for these individuals to profit from extending lending hands from transitional crimes and political machines (Lyman, 2007). In the duration of this paper we will continue to discuss the control over organized crime identifying all aspects and issues and legal limitations to combat organized crime. In theory if all the education and efforts used to eliminate or reduce organized crime would help wouldn’t it or shouldn’t it have happened already? Should the law abiding citizens of these countries ever expect to be safe from the crimes that these organizations are committing with their own governments. Let us decide by starting off by identifying issues and relationships established by organized crime group members.…
Organized crime is an issue that has existed for many years and continues to be on the rise especially with the technology that we have today. Well – known criminal organizations include; Italian Mafia, Russian Mobsters, Nuestra Familia, Mexican Mafia, The Hell’s Angels, The Bandidos, John Gotti, Al Capone, and so much more. One of the most famous criminal organizations are the Gambino Family in which John Gotti was said to be the “Godfather” of the family and was the most powerful criminal in America. That being said, this is just one group can you imagine how many others who operate in our neighborhoods and worldwide? These groups operate solely with one focus which is monetary gains. One question that has not been clear to us is, “How can organized crime be controlled?” In this paper, I will pinpoint problems and numerous relationships in which were established by criminal organizations. I will also give a description of legal limitations in which is associated with combating organized crime along with critique of major federal laws and strategies that support this effort.…
IntroductionOrganized crime has become a problem among U.S. citizens since the 1900 's. The Mafia was the first to show its strengths of power and manipulation among citizens and business of New York. Since the rise of the Mafia, other criminal organizations have surfaced using their power to corrupt personal within business for the gain of finance and political strength. Everyday citizens living among society have been tormented by smaller criminal organizations working pipelines for drugs and weapons. The question now, is how can criminal organizations be controlled? This paper will identify the problems presented and the various relationships established by organized crime. It will describe the legal limitations associated with combating…
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…
There are many global crimes and criminal issues that have impacted the justice systems drastically. To name a few global crimes: drug trafficking, terrorism, smuggling, fraud, extortion, money laundering, briber, gangs, cyber crime and many more affecting international justice systems. There is one major crime that is an ongoing multi-billion dollar industry in the world which is the global drug trade. The global drug trade is an industry that is a multi-billion dollar industry. Drugs are produced everywhere in the world but the bulk of drugs come from a few countries. The Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle produce most of the opium poppies that produce heroin. Cocaine comes mainly from South America. Marijuana is produced in most countries since it’s easy to grow. The heroin producing countries, which are known as the Golden Triangle Burma, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, and the Golden Crescent Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran are mostly third-world countries. The drug trade helps their economies and brings more money in to their country. In order to improve the overall effectiveness of strategies the law enforcement's from other countries needs to work together to try and come up with strategies and ways to take down the drug trade.…
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According to the text, “The existing budget to fight the supply of drugs cannot compete with the limitless resources available to drug traffickers”. (R.Dowd, 1997). Even though the U.S. spends millions of dollars every year on the war against drugs, it’s not enough. Tax payers’ dollars are being used to fight drugs, while the drug traffickers have almost “limitless” resources due to the large amount of their gross income. Drugs that are being trafficked in the U.S. are also giving gangs the upper hand with a lot of different things. Drug cartels have so much money, power, and even respect from people and other gangs that it makes it even more difficult to stop them. As stated in the text: “ The U.S. has implemented many innovative ways to reduce drug trafficking over the last 20 years, but still has not been successful and bringing the number down to a tolerable level”. (D.Baum,…
In this paper, I will identify the problems presented and the various relationships established by organized crime. I will also describe the legal limitations associated with combating organized crime, and include a critique of major federal laws and strategies that support this effort. Lastly, I will suggest a solution to control organized crime by discussing and evaluating the effectiveness of organized crime prosecutions.…
Organized crime is a dilemma on an international scale that has many adverse effects on society, including human safety, risking peace, and the economic, social, cultural, political and civil development of the countries operates within. Organized crime has penetrated society through intimidation, entrance into governmental positions, and bribery, to human trafficking, firearms, and narcotics, along with the facilitation of money laundering and extreme violence. Organized crime has grown exponentially and through corruption, extortion, and bribery this undermines legal systems on an international scale and delivers huge power to organized crime leaders in many countries. In this paper I will compare and contrast the differences and…
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…