Transnational Organized Crime And Natural Resources Trafficking

Author : Donald R. Liddick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498578325

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Transnational Organized Crime and Natural Resources Trafficking by Donald R. Liddick Pdf

This book describes and analyzes conflict commodities, which the author defines as “high-value commodities trafficked in by networks of transnational criminals who use the illicitly derived proceeds to finance armed conflict and loot natural resource wealth from national treasuries.” Each chapter examines a different commodity or set of commodities that have become the province of transnational organized crime networks: diamonds, ivory, rhino horn, timber, lapis lazuli, jade, rare minerals, gold, and oil receive scholarly analyses across multiple dimensions, including the structure and operation of criminal networks, the social and environmental consequences of the various conflict commodities trades, and the full range of palliative responses. The book provides coverage of all the players involved, from high-ranking government officials to insurgent groups and terrorists. The work also enumerates the array of human rights abuses associated with the traffic in conflict commodities

Author : Vanda Felbab Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190911706

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The Extinction Market by Vanda Felbab Brown Pdf

The planet is currently experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching and wildlife trafficking driven by expanding demand, for medicines, for food, and for trophies. Affecting many more species than just the iconic elephants, rhinos, and tigers, the rate of extinction is now as much as 1000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. In addition to causing irretrievable biodiversity loss, wildlife trafficking also poses serious threats to public health, potentially triggering a global pandemic. The Extinction Market explores the causes, means, and consequences of poaching and wildlife trafficking, with a view to finding ways of suppressing them. Vanda Felbab-Brown travelled to the markets of Latin America, South and South East Asia, and eastern and southern Africa, to evaluate the effectiveness of various tools, including bans on legal trade, law enforcement, and interdiction; allowing legal supply from hunting or farming; alternative livelihoods; anti- money-laundering efforts; and demand reduction strategies. This is an urgent book offering meaningful solutions to one of the world's most pressing crises.

Author : Liana S. Wyler
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437927887

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Burma and Transnational Crime by Liana S. Wyler Pdf

This report analyzes the primary actors driving transnational crime in Burma, the forms of transnational crime occurring, and current U.S. policy in combating these crimes.

Author : James O. Finckenauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Organized crime
ISBN : UOM:39015075616931

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Asian Transnational Organized Crime and Its Impact on the United States by James O. Finckenauer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Organized crime
ISBN : 9211303168

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Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean by Anonim Pdf

This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy. Publisher's note.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211302951

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The Globalization of Crime by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

In The globalization of crime: a transnational organized crime threat assessment, UNODC analyses a range of key transnational crime threats, including human trafficking, migrant smuggling, the illicit heroin and cocaine trades, cybercrime, maritime piracy and trafficking in environmental resources, firearms and counterfeit goods. The report also examines a number of cases where transnational organized crime and instability amplify each other to create vicious circles in which countries or even subregions may become locked. Thus, the report offers a striking view of the global dimensions of organized crime today.

Author : Dimitri Vlassis,Phil Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136337918

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Combating Transnational Crime by Dimitri Vlassis,Phil Williams Pdf

This work examines the challenges posed by transnational crime and the steps being taken by the international community to meet these challenges. It offers comprehensive analysis of different forms of transnational crime and the various responses that are being developed.

Author : James O. Finckenauer,Ko-lin Chin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000109983274

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Asian Transnational Organized Crime by James O. Finckenauer,Ko-lin Chin Pdf

This book examines the impact of Asian transnational organised crime on the United States. It looks into the structure, activity, and harms of Asian transnational organised crime -- including the multiple criminal groups and organisations involved (secret societies, tongs, triads, gangs, drug cartels, criminal networks, etc.), the multiple goods and services that constitute criminal markets (drug production and trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, money laundering, and the violence attendant to these crimes), and the multiple nations and national components (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia in addition to the United States) that might be involved.

Author : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,Regine Schönenberg
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839424957

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Transnational Organized Crime by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,Regine Schönenberg Pdf

Transnational organized crime interferes with the everyday lives of more and more people - and represents a serious threat to democracy. By now, organized crime has become an inherent feature of economic globalization, and the fine line between the legal and illegal operation of business networks is blurred. Additionally, few experts could claim to have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations governing the international flow of trade, and hence of the borderline towards criminal transactions. This book offers contributions from 12 countries around the world authored by 25 experts from a wide range of academic disciplines, representatives from civil society organizations and private industry, journalists, as well as activists. Recognizing the complexity of the issue, this publication provides a cross cultural and multi-disciplinary analysis of transnational organized crime including a historical approach from different regional and cultural contexts.

Author : C. Nellemann
Publisher : UN
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112116040012

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The Rise of Environmental Crime by C. Nellemann Pdf

And recommendations -- Introduction -- What is environmental crime? -- The legal framework on environmental crimes -- Growth in environmental crime -- Illegal wildlife trade -- Forestry crimes -- Fisheries crimes -- Waste, pollution -- White collar environmental crimes -- Environmental crime and threat finance to terrorism and conflicts -- Addressing root causes of environmental crime -- Responding to environmental crime -- Restoration case studies -- Coordination of efforts -- Conclusion.

Author : Daan van Uhm
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9798216172178

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Organized Environmental Crime by Daan van Uhm Pdf

Developing an innovative approach to understanding how organized crime groups diversify into the illegal trade in natural resources, this book looks at the convergence between environmental crime and other serious crimes. In Organized Environmental Crime, Daan van Uhm breaks new ground by rejecting the classic image of organized crime as specializing in one kind of criminal activity. Instead, he develops an innovative approach to understanding how organized crime groups diversify into the illegal trade in natural resources by looking at the convergence between environmental crime and other serious crimes. Personal stories from informants directly involved in organized crime networks offer unique insights into the black markets in gold, wildlife, and timber in three environmental crime hotspots: the Darién Gap, a remote swath of jungle on the Colombia-Panama border in Latin America; the Golden Triangle, a notorious opium epicenter in Southeast Asia; and the eastern edge of the Congo basin, an important conflict area in Central Africa. The proliferation of organized environmental crime exacerbates the global destruction of ancient rainforests; the mass extinction of species; and the pollution of the atmosphere, land, and water, negatively affecting planet Earth. By uncovering its incentives, features, and harms, this book is crucial to understanding organized environmental crime in a rapidly changing world.

Author : Frank G. Madsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 9780415464987

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Transnational Organized Crime by Frank G. Madsen Pdf

This book explains the history and development of organized crime and clearly demonstrates the economics and practices of crime in the era of globalization.

Author : Felia Allum,Stan Gilmour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135424572

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Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime by Felia Allum,Stan Gilmour Pdf

Transnational organized crime crosses borders, challenges States, exploits individuals, pursues profit, wrecks economies, destroys civil society, and ultimately weakens global democracy. It is a phenomenon that is all too often misunderstood and misrepresented. This handbook attempts to redress the balance, by providing a fresh and interdisciplinary overview of the problems which transnational organized crime represents. The innovative aspect of this handbook is not only its interdisciplinary nature but also the dialogue between international academics and practitioners that it presents. The handbook seeks to provide the definitive overview of transnational organized crime, including contributions from leading international scholars as well as emerging researchers. The work starts by examining the origins, concepts, contagion and evolution of transnational organized crime and then moves on to discuss the impact, governance and reactions of governments and their agencies, before looking to the future of transnational organized crime, and how the State will seek to respond. Providing a cutting edge survey of the discipline, this work will be essential reading for all those with an interest in this dangerous phenomenon.

Author : Shiro Okubo,Louise Shelley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136832932

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Human Security, Transnational Crime and Human Trafficking by Shiro Okubo,Louise Shelley Pdf

In recent years, drug use, illegal migration and human trafficking have all become more common in Asia, North America and Asia: the problems of organized crime and human trafficking are no longer confined to operating at the traditional regional level. This book fills a gap in the current literature by examining transnational crime, human trafficking and its implications for human security from both Western and Asian perspectives. The book: Provides an outline of the overall picture of organized crime and human trafficking in the contemporary world, examining the current trends and recent developments contrasts the experience and perception of these problems in Asia with those in the West, by analyzing the distinctive Japanese perspective on globalization, human security and transnational crime examines the policy responses of key states and international institutions in Germany, Canada, the United States, the European Union, Japan, and Korea. This book argues that any effort to combat these crimes requires a response that addresses the welfare of human beings alongside the standard criminal law response. It represents a timely analysis of the increasingly serious problems of transnational crime, human trafficking and security.

Author : Dennis M. P. McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136705823

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An Economic History of Organized Crime by Dennis M. P. McCarthy Pdf

This book is a comparative study of organized crime groups from five different parts of the world: Europe; North America; Central America/South America/Caribbean basin; Africa; and Asia/Western Pacific. Each part contains two case studies and a shorter essay, a vignette. From Europe the case studies focus on the Italian mafias and the Russian mafia; the vignette, on the Albanian mafia. From North America the case studies highlight the US Mafia and the Mexican drug cartels; the vignette, organized crime in Canada. From Central America/South America/Caribbean basin the case studies concentrate on the Colombian drug cartels and gangs of the Caribbean; the vignette, on organized crime in Cuba. From Africa the case studies examine resource wars and Somali piracy; the vignette, relations among international drugs trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa. And from Asia/Western Pacific the case studies spotlight the Chinese Triads and Japanese Yakuza; the vignette, relations among international drugs trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in Afghanistan. Written in non-specialist language, An Economic History of Organized Crime provides an original overview of a crucial problem of our times: the growing scourge of global organized crime. This book can be read with profit by the general public, but it also has value for academic specialists and professionals in law enforcement.