Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook

by Kelly, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781576079157
• ISBN10: 1576079155
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

A detailed survey of a growing scourge of the global economy-the smuggling of people, materials, and money.

Table of Contents

Preface,	xi
1 Illicit Trafficking: A Brief History,	1	(46)
What Is Illicit Trafficking?	2	(2)
What Are the Roles of Organized Crime and Transnational Crime in Illicit Trafficking?	4	(1)
Does Immigration Foster Illicit Trafficking?	5	(2)
What Is the Relationship of the Volume of Illicit Trafficking to Globalization?	7	(1)
What Is the Relationship of the Growth of Global Finance to Illicit Trafficking?	7	(1)
How Do Worldwide Communication Technologies Affect Illicit Trafficking?	8	(1)
What Are the Defining Characteristics of Transnational Crime Groups?	8	(3)
What Are the Relationships among Governments, Social Structure, and Organized Crime?	11	(2)
Do Ethnic Conflicts and State Dissolution Facilitate Illicit Trafficking?	13	(1)
Do Political Instability and Military Conflict Contribute to Criminal Activities?	14	(1)
What Are the Trends among Transnational Crime Groups?	15	(2)
Can Law Enforcement Operate Effectively in a Global Environment?	17	(20)
Western Europe,	18	(2)
Eastern and Central Europe,	20	(1)
Russia, the Balkans, and the Newly Independent States,	21	(2)
South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China,	23	(2)
Japan,	25	(1)
South America and Central America: Colombia and Mexico,	26	(1)
United States,	27	(10)
How Are Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Related?	37	(1)
Summary,	38	(9)
How Can States Deter and Contain Illicit Trafficking?	39	(8)
2 Problems, Controversies and Solutions,	47	(52)
Transnational Crime Survey,	47	(7)
Money Laundering: Structure and Characteristics,	48	(5)
Types of Money Laundering,	53	(1)
Controls and Law Enforcement Responses to Money Laundering,	54	(1)
Drug Trafficking,	54	(8)
Drug-Trafficking Impacts on Nation-State Stability,	56	(1)
Economic and Social Consequences of Illicit Trafficking,	56	(1)
Illicit Drug Production,	57	(1)
Drug-Trafficking Networks,	57	(1)
Drug Market Structure and the Trafficking Industry,	58	(4)
Smuggling Nuclear Materials and Arms,	62	(4)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD),	63	(1)
Nuclear Theft and Smuggling: The Threat,	64	(1)
The Impact of Change,	65	(1)
Biological and Chemical Weapons,	66	(3)
Law Enforcement and Control Efforts,	69	(1)
Illicit Arms Trafficking,	70	(8)
Dynamics of Arms Trafficking: The Cold War,	71	(2)
Arms Trafficking in the Post-Cold War Era,	73	(1)
Weapons "Supermarkets" and Conflict Zones,	73	(2)
The Machinery of Arms Smuggling,	75	(1)
The Gray Arms Market,	76	(2)
Trafficking in Precious Stones,	78	(1)
Trafficking in Human Body Parts,	78	(4)
The Illicit Trade in Art and Cultural Objects,	82	(1)
Theft of Intellectual Property,	83	(1)
Organized Crime and IPR Crimes,	84	(1)
Alien Smuggling: Trafficking in Human Beings,	84	(5)
Female Migrants,	86	(3)
General Observations: Looking Ahead,	89	(10)
3 Chronology,	99	(10)
4 Biographical Sketches,	109	(32)
Monzar Al Kassar,	109	(1)
Osama bin Laden,	110	(2)
Victor Bout,	112	(2)
Alphonse Capone,	114	(3)
Pablo Emilio Gaviria Escobar,	117	(4)
Helmer Herrera-Buitrago,	121	(1)
Abdul Qadeer Khan,	122	(1)
Khun Sa,	123	(1)
Carlos Lehder-Rivas,	124	(1)
"Little Pete,"	125	(2)
Charles "Lucky" Luciano,	127	(2)
Leonid Minin,	129	(1)
Manuel Antonio Noriega,	130	(3)
Jorge Luis Vasquez Ochoa,	133	(2)
Benny Ong,	135	(1)
Salvatore Riina,	136	(3)
Tijuana Cartel,	139	(2)
5 Statistics and Reference Documents,	141	(36)
Trafficking in Human Beings,	141	(17)
Characteristics of Traffickers and Their Victims,	142	(4)
International Organization for Migration,	146	(1)
Coalition against Trafficking in Women,	147	(4)
U.S. Department of State,	151	(4)
United Nations,	155	(3)
Narcotics Trafficking,	158	(5)
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,	158	(1)
Office of National Drug Control Policy,	159	(1)
Characteristics of Traffickers,	160	(2)
United Nations,	162	(1)
Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons,	163	(7)
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement,	164	(3)
United Nations,	167	(1)
UN Institute for Disarmament Research,	168	(1)
Small Arms Survey,	169	(1)
Trafficking in Nuclear Materials,	170	(21)
International Atomic Energy Agency,	170	(2)
The Center for International Security and Cooperation,	172	(2)
Nuclear Threat Initiatives,	174	(3)
6 Agencies and Organizations,	177	(14)
7 Print and Nonprint Resources,	191	(42)
Print Resources,	191	(33)
Books and Articles,	191	(27)
Periodicals and Publications,	218	(4)
Bibliographies,	222	(2)
Nonprint Resources,	224	(9)
Videos,	224	(9)
8 Summary,	233	(10)
Illicit Traficking-Trends and Issues,	233	(3)
Post-Perestroika and the Rise of the Oligarchs: Examples of State Decay and Illicit Traficking Opportunities,	236	(7)
Index,	243	(16)
About the Authors,	259