Transnational Organized Crime Analysis

cultural, political and civil development of societies around the world. Transnational organized crime manifests in many forms, including as trafficking in drugs, firearms and even persons. At the same time, organized crime groups exploit human mobility to smuggle migrants and undermine financial systems through money laundering. The vast sums of money involved can compromise legitimate economies and directly impact public processes by 'buying' elections through corruption
Organized crime has diversified, gone global and reached macro-economic proportions: illicit goods may be sourced from one continent, trafficked across another, and marketed in a third. Transnational organized crime can permeate government agencies and institutions, fuelling …show more content…
It is also, a proposition of general deterrence effect where the threat of incarceration prevents others from committing crime. It has a specific deterrent effect on the incarcerated offender to deter them from continuing their criminal behaviors. One problem is that incapacitation and the three strike’s laws are a controversial subject as to determining if it actually cost effective and deterrence. The. Strategy according to Mackenzie only showed a “modest reduction in crime combined with substantial increases in prison populations (MacKenzie, 2002). We can see that the offenders do not have the capability or opportunity to commit crimes within the community. But it doesn’t address the “large increase in imprisonment population and the amount of financial costs that accompany such strategies.” (MacKenzie, …show more content…
Criminals also form into cyber gangs that may be dispersed across the continent. They utilize the specific skills of individuals who may be proficient at breaking into Criminals have been using computers to facilitate their criminal activity since the advent of the digital age. Computers are a tool that criminals use much like a lock picking tool or a counterfeiting machine. Criminals have learned that computers provide an anonymity that has previously been unattainable in society External cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and causing extensive damage to companies and organizations. Cyber criminals have also organized into criminal groups that will cause damage for the challenge; pay, extortion, and blackmail, etc.External attacks are typically launched from the Internet and circumvent the poor security controls of a government or