Transnational Organised Crime

Question 1

Transnational organised crime

Answer 1

A globalised economy provides opportunities for both legit business and organised crime
-globalization has made crime transnational
-rise in complex global criminal networks
-criminal without borders
-links between illicit and licit have been blurred
-underworld and upper world merge in the international financial system

Question 2

The criminalisation syndrome

Answer 2

-since 1980s
-Noticeable increase in transnational organised crime

Question 3

Where is crime most evident

Answer 3

Transitional states
developing countries
pockets of developed countries

Question 4

why is there a surge in organised crime

Answer 4

-Some states are losing ability to regulate and govern within their borders
-Criminals learn how to take advantage of functions holes in government
-globalization has played a role in creating those functional holes

Question 5

Link between accelerated globalisation and proliferation of organised crime

Answer 5

-growth in advanced technology
-improvements in transporatation technology
-pervasiveness in financial vehiclesC

Question 6

Cultural globalisation

Answer 6

can erode traditional value systems

Question 7

The end of the Cold War

Answer 7

-disintegration of the USSR - unleashes a rash of criminal activity globally
-drug trafficking , human trafficking, money laundering, illegal trade in small arms and light weapons, sexual slavery

Question 8

Examples of transnational criminal activities

Answer 8

-insider trading
-anti trust violations
-defamation
-fraud
-bribery
-corruption
-industrial espionage
-environmental damage
-labour exploitation
-violation of health and safety