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With the signing of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, the international com-munity demonstrated the political will to answer a global challenge with a global response. If crime crosses borders, so must law enforcement.
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.
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: (a) “Organized criminal group” shall mean a structured group of
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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United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (the "Convention"), as well as two supplementary protocols: (1) the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and (2) the Protocol Against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, which were adopted by the United Nations ...
The interrelationship between the Organized Crime Convention and international human rights law is an extremely broad topic. The Convention contains more than 30 substantive articles concerning domestic responses and international cooperation to prevent and combat transnational organized crime, most of
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Dec 12, 2000 · In some specific instances, the UN Secretariat has the discretion not to publish certain elements of a treaty in the UNTS. In contrast to the Limited Publication Policy when the full text of an agreement may not be reproduced in the UNTS in its entirety, the objective of applying the partial publication method to a particular situation is to speed up the publishing effort by e.g. excluding ...
