Global context of international crime
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This article identifies factors that have helped organized crime spread internationally since World War II, including the loss of economic and political barriers, trade liberalization, and technological advances. Criminal organizations have become more sophisticated, included association with extremist groups, and bribed many politicians and officials.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2000
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International crimes affecting US interests
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This article describes major international crimes threatening US interests. These include terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, smuggling of technology, arms, and weapons materials, piracy, environmental crimes, intellectual property rights, counterfeiting, and money laundering.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2000
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Nations hospitable to organized crime and terrorism: A report prepared under an interagency agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, October 2003
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Conditions that are potentially hospitable to transnational criminal activity and terrorist activity in selected regions of the world from 1999 to 2002 are assessed. The treatment of the countries varies with the extent and seriousness of conditions being studied.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2004
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