NCJ Number
190089
Date Published
September 1999
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This article examined the current situation of organized crimes except drug trafficking.
Abstract
The article discussed and analyzed illicit firearms trafficking; smuggling of illegal migrants; trafficking of women and children; trafficking of stolen motor vehicles; money laundering; and transnational economic crimes. Transnational crime groups were also involved in maritime fraud and phantom ship fraud, illegal transport and sale of internal organs, and smuggling of rare and endangered animals. The article described the organization of major transnational crime groups in Japan, Hong Kong, India, the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, and Turkey. The article recommended several efforts against transnational crime, including: (1) identification by affected countries of the organization, scope, and extent of transnational crime operations within their borders; (2) development of government policies, laws, and practices to help develop effective countermeasures; (3) addressing weaknesses in the economic and political conditions of affected countries; (4) enhanced international, regional, and bilateral coordination and cooperation; and (5) political will among the community of nations to implement countermeasures. Note, figures, tables, appendixes