Transnational organised crime : perspectives on global security

Edwards, A. and Gill, P.

Transnational organised crime : perspectives on global security perspectives on global security / Transnational organized crime edited by Adam Edwards and Peter Gill. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Transnational crime . - Transnational crime. .

Originally presented Feb. 1999-Feb. 2001 at a series of six seminars organized under the heading of Policy responses to transnational organised crime.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transnational organised crime : the global reach of an American concept / Europe's response to transnational organised crime / Global law enforcement as a protection racket : some sceptical notes on transnational organised crime as an object of global governance / Measuring transnational organised crime : an empirical study of existing data sets on TOC with particular reference to intergovernmental organisations / Classify, report and measure : the UK organised crime notification scheme / The network paradigm applied to criminal organisations : theoretical nitpicking or a relevant doctrine for investigators? Recent developments in the Netherlands / Transnational organised crime : a police perspective / Bad boys in the Baltics / Controlling drug trafficking in Central Europe : the impact of EU policies in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Lithuania / Recognising organised crime's victims : the case of sex trafficking in the EU / The legal regulation of transnational organised crime : opportunities and limitations / Countering the chameleon threat of dirty money : "hard" and "soft" law in the emergence of a global regime against money laundering and terrorist finance / Criminal asset-stripping : confiscating the proceeds of crime in England and Wales / Proteiform criminalities : the formation of organised crime as organisers' responses to developments in four fields of control / Organised crime and the "Conjunction of criminal opportunity" framework / After transnational organised crime? : the politics of public safety / Michael Woodiwiss -- Martin Elvins -- James Sheptycki -- Bill Burnham -- Frank Gregory -- Peter Klerks -- Peter Stelfox -- Paddy Rawlinson -- Barbara Bogusz and Mike King -- Jo Goodey -- Estella Baker -- Valsamis Mitsilegas -- Michael Levi -- Nicholas Dorn -- Paul Ekblom -- Adam Edwards and Peter Gill.

The origins & perceptions of transnational organised crime are discussed in this book. The authors contend that the ways in which such crime is constructed as an 'external' threat obscures the reality that such crime is demand driven & they question whether law enforcement alone can contain it.

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Transnational crime.
Transnational crime--Prevention--International cooperation.
Organized crime.
Organized crime--Prevention--International cooperation.
Criminalit�e internationale.
Criminalit�e internationale--Pr�evention--Coop�eration internationale.
Crime organis�e
Crime organis�e--Pr�evention--Coop�eration internationale.
Georganiseerde misdaad.
Internationalisatie.
Preventie.
Internationale samenwerking.

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