02999nam 2200649 a 450 991045176940332120200520144314.01-282-40829-197866124082980-313-05198-4(CKB)1000000000451750(EBL)497248(OCoLC)60035307(SSID)ssj0000163634(PQKBManifestationID)11924452(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163634(PQKBWorkID)10116855(PQKB)10826371(MiAaPQ)EBC497248(Au-PeEL)EBL497248(CaPaEBR)ebr10349440(CaONFJC)MIL240829(EXLCZ)99100000000045175020040202d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe global underworld[electronic resource] transnational crime and the United States /Donald R. LiddickWestport, Conn. Praeger20041 online resource (170 p.)International and comparative criminologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-275-98074-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index.Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 Principal Transnational Crime Groups Affecting the United States and Canada; Chapter 3 Smuggling, Transnational Theft, and ""Eco-Crime""; Chapter 4 Money Laundering and Other Financial Crimes; Chapter 5 Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Chapter 6 Responding to Transnational Organized Crime; Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexTransnational crime is an increasing national security threat to the United States and to individual citizens around the world. Criminal groups both in the United Staes and abroad operate crime cartels that span national boundaries, but in ways that affect all Americans, and wreak havoc on law enforcement organizations as well as businesses and other entities, such as the stock market. More often than not, transnational crime takes the form of organized crime, and in its many forms is responsible for over-priced goods, unsafe products, environmental hazards, corruption of public officials, theInternational and comparative criminology.Transnational crimeOrganized crimeOrganized crimeUnited StatesTransnational crimeUnited StatesPreventionElectronic books.Transnational crime.Organized crime.Organized crimeTransnational crimePrevention.364.1/06/0973Liddick Don915345MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451769403321The global underworld2176227UNINA