Transnational crime
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Transnational crime refers to crime that takes place across national borders. The term is commonly used in the law enforcement and academic communities.
The word "transnational" describes crimes that are not only international (that is, crimes that cross borders between countries), but crimes that by their nature involve border crossings as an essential part of the criminal activity. Transnational crimes also include crimes that take place in one country, but their consequences significantly affect another country. Examples of transnational crimes include the human trafficking, people smuggling, smuggling/trafficking of goods (such as arms trafficking and drug trafficking), sex slavery, and (non-domestic) terrorism.
Transnational organized crime (TOC) refers specifically to transnational crime carried out by organized crime organizations.
[edit] Bibliography
- Human Traffic and Transnational Crime by Sally Stoecker and Louise Shelley
- Transnational Crime in the Americas, Tom Farer, ed.
- Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspective, David Kyle and Rey Koslowski, eds.
- Arresting Transnational Crime, a journal
- G8 Recommendations on Transnational Crime
- Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, official site
- WebLaw - Transnational Crime
