Global cooperation is critical in combating transnational organized crime

• In Event: Emerging Crimes: The Challenges that the Criminal Justice System Faces Today

Abstract

Transnational organized crime is a multi-billion-dollar industry that encompasses illicit financial flows, the illicit trade in firearms, and trafficking in humans, drugs, natural resources, wildlife and other commodities – all of which are increasingly interlinked. Different legal traditions, language barriers, competing jurisdictions, and bureaucratic inertia impede cooperation, allowing organized criminal groups to thrive. No single country can tackle transnational organized crime effectively as the very nature of transnational organized crime is that activities span more than one State's jurisdiction.

Author

• Robert K. Tripp, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, San Francisco Field Office