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The fight against transnational organized crime has been at the core of the G8's actions since the 1990s. This book sheds light on the nature, structure and modus operandi of the G8's specific expertise on transnational organized crime from a sociological approach in order to understand the elaboration, production and diffusion of international norms and standards.

Taxonomy -- History and development of concept of organized crime -- The transnational crimes -- Transnational crime and terrorism -- The economics of transnational organized crime -- Initiatives against transnational crime -- Critical issues and future trends

part PART I: INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 The Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Study of Organized Crime -- part PART II: ETHNICITY, ILLEGAL ENTERPRISES AND UPWARD MOBILITY -- chapter 2 Crime as an American Way of Life: A Queer Ladder of Social Mobility -- chapter 3 Strategic Decision Making in Organized Crime Control: The Need for a Broadened Perspective -- part PART III: CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AS 'ALIEN CONSPIRACY' -- chapter 4 Transnational Organized Crime: The Strange Career of an American Concept -- part PART IV: BUSINESS CRIME VERSUS ORGANIZED CRIME OR BUSINESS CRIMES AS ORGANIZED CRIME -- chapter 5 Paragons, Pariahs, and Pirates: A Spectrum-Based Theory of Enterprise -- part PART V: RICO AND DEBATES PERTAINING TO THE STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE OF CRIMINAL GROUPS -- chapter 6 Symposium Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Foreword: Debunking RICO's Myriad Myths -- chapter 7 A Comparative Analysis of Organised Crime Conspiracy Legislation and Practice and their Relevance to England and Wales -- part PART VI: REFINEMENTS: 'LESS ORGANIZED' CRIMINAL OPERATIONS, AND A FOCUS ON PROTECTION/EXTORTION -- chapter 8 The Economic Consequences of Product Illegality -- chapter 9 Research on Upper Level Drug Trafficking: A Review -- chapter 10 Conspiracy among the Many: The Mafia in Legitimate Industries -- chapter 11 New York City as Organized Crime Fighter -- chapter 12 The Paradoxes of Organized Crime -- part PART VII: NETWORKS AND ANALYSIS -- chapter 13 The Teamsters, the White House, the Labor Department -- chapter 14 Assessing Network Patterns in Illegal Firearm Markets -- chapter 15 Fixers, Super Fixers and Shadow Facilitators: How Networks Connect -- chapter 16 Illuminating Dark Networks: A Social Network Analysis of an Australian Drug Trafficking Syndicate -- part PART VIII: MARKETS -- chapter 17 The Rise of Two Drug Tigers: The Development of the Illegal Drugs Industry and Drug Policy Failure in Afghanistan and Colombia -- chapter 18 Organized Crime in Legitimate Sectors of the Economy: Fact or Fiction? -- chapter 19 Green Criminology and Dirty Collar Crime -- part PART IX: A QUESTION OF HARM -- chapter 20 The End ofOrganised Crime in the European Union -- chapter 21 Towards a General Theory of Profit-Driven Crimes -- chapter 22 Going Down the Glocal: The Local Context of Organised Crime -- chapter 23 Illicit Globalization: Myths, Misconceptions, and Historical Lessons.

Abstract:The international community is concerned about criminal activity involving cultural property and is promoting the use of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to combat looting and trafficking of cultural property. This article discusses how the Convention may be applied, outlines some of the intentions of UN member states with regard to cultural property crime, and the role of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. It is suggested that cultural property stakeholders should scrutinize this developing effort, particularly in the areas of UNTOC application to specific cultural property cases and the collection and analysis of data specifically to address the connections between cultural property and transnational organized crime.

V. 1. Historical perspectives -- v. 2. Definitional and methodological issues, constructionist and critical perspectives -- v. 3. Realist perspectives on organized and transnational organized crime -- v. 4. New perspectives; bringing the state back in.

On 7 June 2018, for the first time, a Committee of the United Nations Security Council placed individuals on a sanctions list for human trafficking. As part of the Libya sanc­tions regime, travel bans and asset freezes have been imposed on six individuals iden­tified as the main perpetrators of illegal activities relating to human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants. The European Union and the US have already implemented these UN sanctions. This response is an expression of the UN Security Council's in­creased attention on transnational organized crime (TOC). For years, the number of resolutions relating to TOC, whether linked to drug or arms trafficking, piracy, kid­nappings or illegal trade in natural resources, has increased substantially. And the Security Council has repeatedly dealt with human trafficking in conflict situations since the end of 2015. The relevant decisions show what role the Security Council can play in addressing organized crime, but also where pitfalls lurk. As a non-permanent member of the Security Council in 2019/2020, Germany should advocate a systematic advancement of the agenda. (author's abstract)

This book explains the history and development of organized crime and clearly demonstrates the economics and practices of crime in the era of globalization.