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2018
In this chapter, students will learn about how transnational organized crime has emerged during the last two decades as one of a series of threats posed to national and international security by violent non-state actors. The chapter outlines what is meant by transnational organized crime then examines the rise of the phenomenon, suggesting that its ...
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In this chapter, students will learn about how transnational organized crime has emerged during the last two decades as one of a series of threats posed to national and international security by violent non-state actors. The chapter outlines what is meant by transnational organized crime then examines the rise of the phenomenon, suggesting that its ...
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2012
Abstract This introductory chapter takes a look at the distinctive features of cross-border activities and the kinds of harm they cause. It charts the policy process for the development of special international legal measures to suppress these activities as transnational crimes.
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Abstract This introductory chapter takes a look at the distinctive features of cross-border activities and the kinds of harm they cause. It charts the policy process for the development of special international legal measures to suppress these activities as transnational crimes.
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Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2000
Transnational organized crime presents interesting dilemmas for federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The most significant problems facing law enforcement agencies have to do with both the nature of transnational organized criminal activity, which often closely resembles white-collar crime, and the structure of relationships between law ...
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Transnational organized crime presents interesting dilemmas for federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The most significant problems facing law enforcement agencies have to do with both the nature of transnational organized criminal activity, which often closely resembles white-collar crime, and the structure of relationships between law ...
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2020
Abstract This chapter focuses on transnational crimes. Though these were long part of the international criminal law (ICL) canon, it is only late in the discipline’s history that they became conceived as being something distinct.
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Abstract This chapter focuses on transnational crimes. Though these were long part of the international criminal law (ICL) canon, it is only late in the discipline’s history that they became conceived as being something distinct.
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Abstract This chapter analyses transnational crime and the responses of different African armed forces to it. It shows that transnational crime affects all regions on the continent, albeit to varying degrees. By using qualitative methods that rely extensively on both primary and secondary sources, the chapter finds that most states in ...
Adewunmi j. Falode, Babajimi o. Faseke
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Adewunmi j. Falode, Babajimi o. Faseke
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2020
Focusing on contemporary crime narratives from different parts of the world, this collection of essays explores the mobility of crimes, criminals and investigators across social, cultural and national borders. The essays argue that such border crossings reflect on recent sociocultural transformations and geopolitical anxieties to create an image of ...
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Focusing on contemporary crime narratives from different parts of the world, this collection of essays explores the mobility of crimes, criminals and investigators across social, cultural and national borders. The essays argue that such border crossings reflect on recent sociocultural transformations and geopolitical anxieties to create an image of ...
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2015
Labelled as ‘one of the most important developments in international criminal law’, the United Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organized Crime marks a significant milestone in the global fight against criminal organisations, ‘closing the gap that existed in international cooperation in an area generally regarded as one of the top ...
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Labelled as ‘one of the most important developments in international criminal law’, the United Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organized Crime marks a significant milestone in the global fight against criminal organisations, ‘closing the gap that existed in international cooperation in an area generally regarded as one of the top ...
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Criminal Organization and Transnational Crime
2015Criminal organization is dependent on context, place, and time. However, in the study of organized crime, criminal organization is often conceptualized without a wider view on the context within which opportunities for criminal activities arise and in which criminal networks develop that take advantage of these opportunities.
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The practice of transnational organized crime
2015Transnational organized crime (TOC) is commonly associated with offenders who freely roam a globalized world. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an alternative view; one which assumes that political borders as well as legal, cultural and language barriers continue to pose substantial challenges for criminals.
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