Transnational Crime and the 21st Century : Criminal Enterprise, Corruption, and Opportunity
ISBN: 9780195397826 | 0195397827
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/12/2011
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Transnational crime is to the early twenty-first century what city gangs and Al Capone were to the early twentieth century. InTransnational Crime and the 21st Century: Criminal Enterprise, Corruption, and Opportunity,noted criminologist Jay S. Albanese uses case studies, interviews, and the most up-to-date research to explore the connections between transnational crime and organized crime. A concise and affordable supplement for courses in comparative, international, and organized crime, this provocative text offers students a solid basis for understanding the nature of transnational crime. FEATURES * Uses clear, straightforward language,making the text accessible to students of all levels * Categorizes crimes bytype(rather than by topic) in order to help students better grasp the interrelationships between transnational and organized crime * Examines the nine most serious forms of transnational crime:drug trafficking, stolen property, counterfeiting, human trafficking, fraud and cybercrime, commercialized sex, extortion and racketeering, money laundering, and corruption * Proposes concrete solutionsfor preventing organized crime syndicates and networks * Takes a systematic approachto risk assessment, delving into the factors that generate illicit markets and allow criminals to be successful
| Preface | p. xi |
| About the Author | p. xvii |
| The Universe of Transnational Crime | p. 1 |
| Types of Transnational Crime | p. 3 |
| The Ethnicity Trap and Transnational Crime | p. 5 |
| Criminal Networks Versus Formal Organizations | p. 6 |
| Drug Trafficking | p. 11 |
| The Nature of Transnational Drug Trafficking | p. 12 |
| The Volume of Drug Trafficking | p. 13 | ... MORE
| Assessing Drug Trafficking Trends | p. 16 |
| Focusing on Drug Markets Versus Drugs and Drug Traffickers | p. 17 |
| The Legalization Argument and Drug Trafficking | p. 21 |
| Drug Use and the Ultimate Solution | p. 22 |
| Stolen Property | p. 25 |
| Typology of Stolen Property Crimes | p. 25 |
| Trafficking in Stolen Consumer Goods | p. 26 |
| Weapons Trafficking | p. 27 |
| Antiquities and Art | p. 29 |
| Natural Resources | p. 31 |
| The Essential Enabler for Stolen Property Trafficking | p. 34 |
| Counterfeiting | p. 38 |
| The Nature of Counterfeiting and Forgery | p. 39 |
| The Extent of Counterfeiting and Forgery | p. 40 |
| The Harms of Counterfeiting | p. 42 |
| Counterfeiting Enforcement | p. 43 |
| Counterfeiting Prevention | p. 45 |
| Human Trafficking | p. 49 |
| What Is Human Trafficking? | p. 49 |
| Extrapolating Risk | p. 53 |
| A Criminal Enterprise Approach | p. 54 |
| Recruiters, Transporters, and Exploiters | p. 57 |
| Combining Victim Risk Assessments with Criminal Enterprises | p. 60 |
| The Future of Human Trafficking | p. 61 |
| Fraud and Cybercrime | p. 66 |
| Changes in Property Ownership and Storage | p. 67 |
| The Movement of Property | p. 68 |
| The Extent of Fraud | p. 69 |
| Protecting Property from Larceny | p. 71 |
| Crime Prevention Technology Reacts to Criminal Technology | p. 74 |
| The Causes and Prevention of Theft and Fraud | p. 75 |
| Commercial Vices: Obscenity and Pornography | p. 78 |
| Defining Obscenity and Pornography | p. 78 |
| How Much Obscenity Is There? | p. 79 |
| The Pornography-Harm Link | p. 81 |
| The Rise of the Internet | p. 84 |
| New Approaches to an Old Problem | p. 85 |
| Obscenity: From Sex to Violence | p. 87 |
| Why Is Pornography So Popular? | p. 88 |
| Extortion and Racketeering | p. 92 |
| Infiltration of Business | p. 93 |
| The Nature of Extortion | p. 94 |
| Protection Rackets | p. 95 |
| What Is a Racketeer? | p. 98 |
| Hidden Ownership and Ancillary Enterprises | p. 100 |
| The Secretive Nature of Criminal Enterprises | p. 103 |
| Money Laundering | p. 108 |
| The Dimensions of Money Laundering | p. 109 |
| Problems of Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance | p. 112 |
| Asset Forfeiture | p. 115 |
| The Boundaries of Asset Seizure | p. 116 |
| Pressures Countering Anti-Money-Laundering Efforts | p. 120 |
| Corruption and the Future | p. 125 |
| What Is Corruption? | p. 126 |
| Costs of Corruption | p. 127 |
| How Does Corruption Flourish? | p. 128 |
| How Much Corruption Is There? | p. 129 |
| Enforcing Anti-Corruption Measures | p. 131 |
| The Future: Can Corruption Be Reduced or Eliminated? | p. 133 |
| Glossary | p. 142 |
| Index | p. 151 |
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Jay S. Albanese is a criminologist and professor in the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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