NCJ Number
125039
Date Published
1990
Length
155 pages
Annotation
Crime is international, but from a legal aspect, an anti-social activity can be considered a crime only if it is prohibited by the laws of a particular country.
Abstract
Transnational crime includes both offenses committed by occasional criminals and highly sophisticated crimes committed by professionals. The most dangerous manifestations of transnational criminal activities are traffic in drugs, terrorism, and frauds. Profits of crime are enormous and constitute a threat for economy. They involve a system of money-laundering at world level, which is one of the most important challenges police will have to face in the near future. Transnational crime takes advantage of all forms of progress, especially in international transports (hijacking, traffics, rapid transport of criminals), telecommunication, and computers. Transnational crime is not really specialized, as there are links between very different forms of crime, such as drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and terrorism. 23 notes, bibliography, and index.