Measures to Control Transnational Organized Crime, Summary

摘要

Transnational criminal activity has increased in scale and extent, becoming a complex worldwide threat. Transnational criminals ignore borders, they move sums of money through the international financial system that are so huge they dwarf the combined economies of many nations. They are often organized in multi-crime businesses, and they have capitalized on growth in international communications and transportation to expand their criminal operations and form potent alliances. The corrosive activities of transnational criminal groups in the post-Cold War era no longer threaten particular countries or regions. They threaten all nations. Transnational organized crime is not only a law enforcement problem, it is a formidable and increasing threat to national and international security.