Global crime’s prominence is heavily dependent on the “revolutionary technological, financial, communication, economic, cultural, and political changes” that comes with globalization. This piece explores the globalization of crime, the global drug problem, the global smuggling of migrants, contemporary slavery and human trafficking, criminal gangs and kidnapping, the illegal trade in endangered animals and plants, cybercrimes and piracy, global responses to crime, and concludes with a case study of corruption in India. This evidence is used to explore the history of the globalization of crime (the Opium Wars), the different types of global crimes (global drug problem, global smuggling of migrants, ect.) and the ways in which globalization
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One of the main reasons to do this is because of financial windfall brought to cartels because of the illegal status of drugs. This all comes down to supply and demand; when there is high demand for a good and a limited supply, it’s expected that the price of that good will be high. By having legal, safe avenues for drug production, the supply will increase and as a result, the price will decrease. This will result in a decrease in prominence of drug cartels because their financial windfall brought by the illegal status of drugs will cease. Also, by legalizing drugs, the issue concerning the smuggling of migrants (another global crime) will see a significant drop because this is one of the ways in which cartels sell/smuggle their product into other countries. It’s also worthy to note that, domestically, the drug war disproportionally affects African Americans even though, on average, it has been found that they consume drugs at a similar rate to that of White Americans. The War on Drugs has left 40,000 Mexicans dead since 2007 and the number will precipitously climb if there is not an effort by governments around the world to legalize the consumption and to allow a legitimate market for drugs. Critics of drug legalization assert that by legalizing drugs, drug
One of the main reasons to do this is because of financial windfall brought to cartels because of the illegal status of drugs. This all comes down to supply and demand; when there is high demand for a good and a limited supply, it’s expected that the price of that good will be high. By having legal, safe avenues for drug production, the supply will increase and as a result, the price will decrease. This will result in a decrease in prominence of drug cartels because their financial windfall brought by the illegal status of drugs will cease. Also, by legalizing drugs, the issue concerning the smuggling of migrants (another global crime) will see a significant drop because this is one of the ways in which cartels sell/smuggle their product into other countries. It’s also worthy to note that, domestically, the drug war disproportionally affects African Americans even though, on average, it has been found that they consume drugs at a similar rate to that of White Americans. The War on Drugs has left 40,000 Mexicans dead since 2007 and the number will precipitously climb if there is not an effort by governments around the world to legalize the consumption and to allow a legitimate market for drugs. Critics of drug legalization assert that by legalizing drugs, drug