NCJ Number
187199
Date Published
2000
Length
93 pages
Annotation
This report presents the program and papers from a March 2000 conference held in Canberra, Australia, to examine current and emerging trends in transnational crime and to determine Australia’s response to it for the year 2000.
Abstract
The intended participants included representatives of law enforcement, members of the diplomatic community, senior defense force personnel, security and intelligence analysts, private security personnel, and academicians. The papers included in the proceedings focus on the structures, strategies, and tactics of transnational criminal organizations and corruption in international banking and financial systems. Another paper focuses on the case of Ferdinand Marcos as an illustration of the obstacles involved in recovering funds related to corruption involving a dictator or authoritarian leader. Additional papers focused on computer-related crime, emerging issues related to international traffic in firearms, transfer pricing compliance issues in the context of global profit allocation, and the smuggling of human beings. Other topics covered at the conference but not in the papers in the proceedings included customs issues, international drug law offenses, international law enforcement collaboration, terrorism and transnational crime, transnational regulatory models, Russian organized crime around the globe, international agreements, international courts, maritime crime, and future trends. Footnotes