By Kimberely L. Thachuk
The editor has compiled a set of essays that offer an summary of the darkish facet of globalization and identify robust connections among equipped crime and terrorist teams. the realm rigorously records the level of those transnational demanding situations - - starting from nacro-terrorism to human trafficking to small-arms trafficking. This booklet comprises chapters that hide nations, areas and international Read more...
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Estimates are that 2 to 4 million people are trafficked annually. However, there are even higher estimates ranging 4 to 27 million, including forced or bonded laborers. 3 million victims of forced labor at any given time. Of these victims, 80 percent are women and some 50 percent are under 18 years old. S. S. Government figures. S. ”7 Figures provided by other governments and international organizations are unlikely to be any more accurate. MAJOR SOURCE, TRANSIT, AND DESTINATION COUNTRIES8 The largest number of victims trafficked internationally are believed to come from Asia.
Another group of 18 people were indicted in March 2006 in Michigan for helping to fund Hezbollah with profits from bootlegged cigarettes, counterfeit tax stamps, fake Viagra tablets, and hijacked toilet paper. See Joe Swickard, “Feds Say Smuggling Ring Helped Fund Hezbollah,” Associated Press, March 29, 2006. 6. For recent trends, see United Nations (UN) Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Global Illicit Drug Trends 2003 (New York: UN International Drug Control Programme, 2003). 7. In recognition that the small arms trade is in part fueling the Darfur genocide, UN Security Council Resolution 1556 of July 30, 2004, called for an arms embargo on nongovernmental entities and individuals operating in Sudan.
Anti Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, World Bank and IMF Global Dialogue Series, 2002, vii. PART II Functional Areas CHAPTER 2 Narcoterrorism: A Definitional and Operational Transnational Challenge Andr´e D. Hollis On a quiet Sunday morning in Colombia, a Catholic priest delivers a sermon to a congregation in a small church. As he does so, members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) surround the church, enter it, and lock the doors. FARC members kill the priest by cutting his throat.
