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  1. Numerous organized criminal networks and terrorist groups use the region for illicit activities, such as arms and drug trafficking, money laundering, product piracy, and other criminal activities, capitalizing on its strategic location, history of contraband smuggling, and corrupt officials.

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  2. Transnational organized crime encompasses virtually all serious profit-motivated criminal actions of an international nature where more than one country is involved. There are many activities that can be characterized as transnational organ-ized crime, including drug trafficking, smuggling of migrants,

  3. Jun 1, 2023 · Transnational organized crime : an overview from six continents. Publication date. 2014. Topics. Transnational crime, Organized crime. Publisher. Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.

  4. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted by General Assembly resolution 55/25 of 15 November 2000, is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime.

  5. The threat posed by transnational organized crime is often misunderstood. There is a tendency to over-simplify, and, in particular, to equate the damage done by organized crime with the amount of vio-lence associated with the market.

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  6. UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME. Article 1 Statement of purpose The purpose of this Convention is to promote cooperation to prevent and combat transnational organized crime more effectively. Article 2 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: “Organized criminal group” shall mean a structured group of ...

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  8. Sep 22, 1997 · These activities are those of traditional organized crime – violence, intimidation, extortion, and corruption – only on a larger scale; for some observers, transnational criminal organizations now pose a threat to the nation-state. In this essay, I examine the strength of the claim that transnational organized crime is a security

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