NCJ Number
190709
Date Published
2001
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This paper discusses global developments that have facilitated the development of transnational crime, considers its impact on nations, and outlines new strategies for countering transnational crime.
Abstract
Global developments that have fueled transnational crime include advances in and the decreased costs of international travel and the transportation of goods, the facilitating of economic networking across national boundaries, developments in technology and communications, the globalization of the market economy, the increasing sophistication of criminal organizations, and the apparent increase in the corruption of public officials and governments. Transnational crime undermines national stability and state control, democratic values and public institutions, national economies, financial institutions, and global regimes and codes of conduct. Strategies to counter transnational crime could include the development of compatible laws among nations to facilitate the exchange of intelligence, the application of mutual assistance arrangements, simplification in extradition arrangements between states, and the enhancement of investigations into and recovery of the proceeds of crime. Other strategies include the compliance of states with the major United Nations and other international conventions pertinent to transnational crime, bilateral and multilateral cooperation and information flow among law enforcement agencies, and coordinated cross-border and transnational cooperation through regional coordination meetings and operational targeting, as well as multilateral police training programs and technical exchanges. 18 notes