Global organised crime

Question 1

global organised crime

Answer 1

the cross border activities of organised crime groups exploiting to their advantage and increasing global interconnections –> Franko Aas

Question 2

Involvment in

Answer 2

• drug/human trafficing
• arms trading
• counterfitting and extortion
• wildlife crime
• kidnapping
• corruptio
• credit anf fraud
• identity theft/cyber crime
• money laundering

Question 3

only a fraction of global organised crime activites become known to law enforcement

Answer 3

• In 2009, the UK estimates transational organised crime to be $870,000,000,000, which is 6X the worlds annual official development aid budget
• The worlds shadow economy may be as high as 10% of global GDP

Question 4

international responses to the problem of transnational organised crime has been slow, and is hampered by various factors such as:

Answer 4

• diversity of the groups and the range of activities involved
• difficulties related to international co-oporation
• border issue and lack of common definitions

Question 5

Castells

Answer 5

Sees organised crime groups as a type of business work, who actively take advantage of globalisation to expand in the same way as other global businesses -> crime has become globalised

Question 6

globalisation has created a global criminal economy

Answer 6

estimated to be $3 million a year