SUMMARY REPORTS OF THE RAPPORTEURS (FROM UNAFEI REPORT FOR 1992 AND RESOURCE MATERIAL SERIES NO. 43, 1993, P 223-244, TAKASHI WATANABE, ED., SEE NCJ-146381)

• NCJ Number: 146389
• Author(s): J K Shakya; C E Delucchi; N Ando; J Sawaki; T Suzuki
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 22 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

This paper summarizes the current situation of organized crime in 16 countries including characteristics of organized crime and legislation to control it.

Abstract

The countries are: Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand. Most of the developing countries have not had the extent of organized crime that exists in the United States and other Western countries. However, as a result of rapid changes in communication, transportation and industrialization, the crime situation is worsening day by day. Short-term measures to curb organized crime include: pressuring law enforcement agencies to deal harshly with organized criminal groups; creating separate investigating agencies and courts dealing with organized crime; and enacting separate laws concerning organized crime empowering the authorities to forfeit and confiscate the illicit proceeds of organized crime. Long-term measures encompass: socioeconomic and political reforms to eliminate the causes of organized crime, such as poverty, unemployment and the widening gap between rich and poor; rehabilitation programs based on community cooperation; and reforms in existing criminal justice systems.