Combatting Transnational Organized Crime

3 lessons

• most trafficking flows are driven more by the market

• global strategies are required

• enhanced regulation and accountability in licit commerce

“transnational organized crime” rooted in market forces

Not a criminal justice issue

Global strategies for global problems

1. building both the national and international capacity to track and respond to the problem

2. create global strategies to collectively address TOC problems that have become so acute that they require special intervention

Most of the people who make illicit markets possible either do not appreciate that what they are doing is wrong, or they no longer care.

Lack of clarity about the origin of certain goods

More accurate accounting of containerized shipping