Globalization Aids Transnational Crime

UNITED NATIONS -- “The same forces of globalization—openness in commerce, travel and communications — that have created unprecedented wealth have also unleashed massive opportunities for organized crime.” That's the verdict from the U.N. top official on drugs and crime.

In a stinging report, the U.N. Crime Czar Antonio Maria Costa adds that while “in the past the problem was mostly national (mafia, cartels, triads) now as a result of globalization, it poses a threat to international security.”

 

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