NCJ Number
178426
Journal
Trends in Organized Crime Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: Fall 1998 Pages: 1-3
Editor(s)
Roy Godson
Date Published
1998
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This report describes the Federal Government's published strategy to control transnational crime by integrating all facets of the government's response to international crime and enhancing the ability of United States officials to cooperate effectively with their overseas counterparts in investigating and prosecuting international crime.
Abstract
The International Crime Control Strategy of the United States was released on May 14, 1998. It identifies 8 broad goals, 30 implementing objectives, and programs designate to achieve them. The goals encompass what the Administration perceives as the most serious threats. These include countering international financial crime, denying safe-haven to international criminals, protecting United States borders, and promoting international cooperation and the rule of law. However, the goals will evolve over time as conditions change, new trends emerge, and improved crime control techniques are developed. The strategy contains a short assessment of contemporary criminal threats and notes that a more comprehensive threat assessment is due to be completed by the end of the year. Planned activities include action to focus attention on the development of a model approach for upholding integrity among crucial justice and security officials. The strategy's closing section proposes the development of measures of effectiveness. A senior administration official regards the strategy as part of a continuum that began with a presidential directive in 1995. Others believe that the strategy is a compendium of ideas and approaches that have previously been explored. Much of the text of the strategy can be found on the White House Website.