The incentive to smuggle guns into Colombia is doubled because the cocaine received in exchange for guns is consistently in high demand. Trading one product – guns – in high demand for another – cocaine – with even higher demand is good business. This market is inherently transnational, beyond the control of any single government. … GUNS, COCAINE: ONE MARKET OUT OF CONTROL
The Centre of Asian Studies (CAS), at the University of Hong Kong, is convening a new phase of workshops focused on Asian regionalism. These workshops build on the highly successful China-ASEAN and China-India Roundtables that have been running since 1998 and 2001, respectively; with the overall objective of fostering and enhancing regional academic dialogue and … CALL FOR PAPERS: IRREGULAR MIGRATION IN ASIA
Organised Crime in History Organised crime is often considered an essentially modern phenomenon. To some it is a product of the influx of immigrants to the United States in the late nineteenth century, brought to the boil in the Prohibition years. Especially adventurous souls may look even further back into history, to the seventeenth-century pirates … CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL GLOBAL CRIME
Over the past 10 years or more, with reference to the dangers of organized crime, the entire system of criminal law has undergone a series of fundamental changes. However, it has still not been clarified what defines organized crime and exactly wherein the particular danger lies. Jorg Kinzig of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign … REGARDING ORGANIZED CRIME
Serbia recently adopted a law establishing a programme to protect those whose lives may be in danger as a result of testifying in court. The move is expected to strengthen the fight against organised crime. Serbian Interior Minister Dragan Jocic and US Ambassador to Belgrade Michael Polt signed an agreement earlier this month on US … US AID TO ASSIST WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAMME IN SERBIA
A Cardiff University academic is at the forefront of the fight against serious organised crime in Europe. Dr Mike Levi, Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, analyzes the risk of such crime, advises the Council of Europe and has contributed to the Council’s latest Annual Organised Crime Report. The 2005 Report includes … CARDIFF ACADEMIC HELPS FIGHT ORGANISED CRIME
Street gangs have become a top cause of insecurity in Central America, exacerbating pre-existing problems with clandestine death squads, organized crime, high rates of unemployment, and rampant corruption. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is actively seeking solutions to break this 20-year cycle, but the US authorities and their Central American colleagues face a … STREET GANGS, A TRANSNATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
Cuba faces increased exploitation by organised crime and drug trafficking groups – a situation that could deteriorate further with the political changes that are likely to follow the eventual death of communist leader Fidel Castro. Mark Galeotti reports. Read the full article (PDF).
Organised crime, corruption and other forms of economic and serious crime will remain priority concerns of European societies in the years to come. The heads of states and governments participating in the 3rd summit of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 16 – 17 May 2005) therefore tasked the Council of Europe to further develop its … COUNCIL OF EUROPE ORGANISED CRIME SITUATION REPORT 2005
31 January 2006 Around £12 million in criminal assets have been targeted and 28 criminal gangs have been disrupted in Northern Ireland last year by agencies working to thwart organised crime. Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force, Shaun Woodward, made the announcement at the launch of launch of PWC Global Economic … CRIMINAL ASSETS OF £12M TARGETED IN NI
