How Globalization Affects Transnational Crime

As world leaders increasingly debate drug legalization, CFR's Stewart Patrick and Phil Williams of the University of Pittsburgh discuss the explosion of transnational crime in a globalized world:
- "Transnational criminals have been one of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization," Williams says. Globalization facilitates international trade but also increases the difficulty of regulating global trade, he says; traffickers and smugglers have exploited this. Williams adds that globalization has increased inequality around the globe, and that "its disruptive effect has actually caused people to have to go into organized crime and operate in illicit markets as coping mechanisms."
- The global financial system has undergone widespread deregulation since the 1970s, allowing illicit actors to launder the proceeds of crime more easily, Williams says. "We've got some reregulation to try to deal with money laundering ... but it's not particularly effective," he adds.
- Terrorists, insurgents, and warlords all rely on illegal activities as a funding mechanism, says Williams. "Sometimes, when they engage in a criminal activity, they come into contact with criminal organizations, but for the most part, the direct group-to-group link is not that important. It's just a market activity or a supplier relationship," he notes, disputing the idea of a "crime-terror nexus."
- "There's no single model of a criminal organization," Williams says. The conventional wisdom that criminal networks have abandoned their hierarchical structure, he says, obscures the fact that criminals adopt myriad distinct structures depending on their circumstances--and some of them remain hierarchical.
- Illicit networks are challenging to states because states are militarily and diplomatically organized to deal with other states. Governments around the world "have found it very hard to adapt to non-state or sovereignty-free actors," Williams says.
This video is part of The Internationalist, a series dedicated to in-depth discussions about leveraging multilateral cooperation to meet today's transnational challenges.
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[@athiya6241]

This video is very nice. The summary helps too. But I think it would be much better if the caption is available on this video.

[@mariakalenchuk]

very helpful, thank you!

[@Sanelesimphiwe]

hopefully, this will help me with my exam preparations. it's on on point. THANKS!!!

[@naomisophia6980]

did the same thing this morning lol 10 years later!

[@SkionV]

still as relevant now as in 2012, with the digital era inflaming further human greed and need for better living.

[@vonGleichenT]

It's a profession that is never going to die. The black market works perfectly in so many ways.

[@cheebaism]

When I see videos less than an hour I turn

[@bunjoiramirez2036]

Its happening right now in Northern mariana Island Known as Saipan a US Territory....

[@eddahwandia8801]

Captions ???

[@cheebaism]

Away

[@bunjoiramirez2036]

Rebuild Military forces and strict border security seaport and airport...

[@floranteandolong9009]

Example of transnational crime?

[@Vera-dg3hf]

Human trafficking, cybercrime, money laundering,

[@dayvedmp]

Maybe, That´s my perception, Ideas became a lot more dangerous than the fight itself. I explain myself. In many countries, the idea of crime (the ethical dilema of right or rong, where u have pointed celarly that crime is wrong...) is being replaced by the normalization of the idea that crimes are ciscunstancial behaviors... the environment oblies people to chose crime... When that ideology is spread globally, the ethical behavior os that community is affected. Maybe crime is not so bad... But i just stole a celphone... it´s not a serious crime... not "so wrong".... The problem becomes even more serious when we toalk about drugs..... I ask u... Are drugs a good or a bad thing? Think about it... The world has historical examples about that. The opium experience on asian countries is a good example of how much damage the widespread of drug consumption can be harmfull to a society. An yet, we see in many coutries a lot of movements claiming to "free" some drugs turning them into legal drugs. I ask again, are drugs good or bad? The simple answer is... they are bad... and even that simple idea is not 100% certain in some countries anymore.... So, in my opinion, we should take a closer look on what ideas are being spread around the world and... who gets benefiited by it? So... just for reflection.

[@micdailing]

I haul overseas shipping containers in the Chicago-land area. Russians and Muslims are thick in these rail-yards...

[@micdailing]

uannoyme74 They are driving trucks. Picking up overseas containers. It wouldn't take much planning to smuggle God knows what into this county in overseas containers.

[@kimberlywest2392]

wow...you are racist.....Muslims are not a nationality!!! IT IS a RELIGION!!!!!

[@thedailydrummer6825]

@@kimberlywest2392 Islam is a religion and Muslims are it's followers . I think he's trying to group people with their first oblivious attribute they hold so I don't how that is racist.

[@m.ateeq579]

Why don’t you say about israel while saying about terror groups? Why only jihadis & 9/11 ?

[@JussBsmoove]

This video is from 2012