Structures, Strategies and Tactics of Transnational Criminal Organizations: Critical Issues for Enforcement (From Australian Institute of Criminology Conference: Transnational Crime, March 9 and 10, 2000, Canberra, Australia, P 1-9, 2000, -- See NCJ-187199)

• NCJ Number: 187201
• Author(s): Margaret Beare
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 9 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

Central issues that relate to the structure, strategies, tactics, and enforcement of transnational crime in Australia involve politics, resources, and the media; the need for more empirical research; the need for a market-by-market analysis; threat assessment; and the link between organized crime and transnational crime.

Abstract

An additional issue is the need to recognize that transnational crimes have a local base and that it is important not to ignore the local aspect and the lower-level crimes that are part of transnational crime processes. Further issues relate to the organization of policing for organized crime and transnational crime, and the need for attention to alternative policing options for transnational crime enforcement. The discussion notes that it is important to avoid distortion of purpose, to provide accurate information about transnational crime, and to avoid labeling every crime that has any transnational aspect as being a transnational crime. It also suggests that the three main transnational crimes today are drugs, fraud, and counterfeiting and that such criminal activity has both a local and a global aspect. Footnotes