Transnational Crime &

Globalization

Facilitating Crime

How does globalization facilitate transnational crime?• ↑ global flows• Hasn’t ‘raised all boats’ to same level• Deregulation

o Financial markets money launderingo FDI

• Offshoring outsourcing• Brand name social status¤

ConsumerismHow is global consumerism directly tied to globalized crime?

• Increased demand for legal goodso Cheap laboro Someone will fill demand gap

• Illicit demando Prostitution, drugs, guns, fake goods, etc.

• Demand for cheap or free laboroNannies, maids, etc.

• Trade routes• Lack of education ¤

Anti-Poaching

Anti-Poaching

Anti-Poaching

Anti-Poaching

Fighting Transnational Crime

Why is fighting transnational crime so difficult?• Agree on ‘crime’• Implement policy• Monitor activities• Threats of retaliation• Responsibility• Lack of political stability• Transnational crime only increases political

instability¤

Fighting Transnational Crime

• Enforcemento Coordination• Slow response time• Need IGOs, regimes

oState sovereignty interfereso Corruptiono Who pays?• Cost to GS countries

o Infrastructure oLack funding

o Relocate to less regulated states¤

Fighting Transnational Crime

• Dual-purpose goodso Illegal drugs opium morphineo Some are legal in home state• Coca - Andes• Guns

• Difficult to identify sources of goodso Elephant tusks

• Counter groups immergeo Disband one, another forms

• ‘Victimless crimes’o DVD IPR warnings

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Fighting Transnational Crime

• Judicial reviewo Whose jurisdiction?• Often transcontinental

o Where to imprison?• Addressing root problems

o Supply and demando Wealth disparitieso Addressing issues rather than fighting

criminals• War on drugs

• States are sovereign¤