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The historical evolution of the international cooperation against transnational organised crime : an overview / Frank G. Madsen -- Transnational organised crime : concepts and critics / Arndt Sinn -- Transnational organised crime and its impacts on states and societies / Thomas Feltes and Robin Hofmann -- The EU and the fight against organised crime / Bernd Hecker -- Transnational organised crime and terrorism / Bettina Weiber -- The convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 1988 and the global war on drugs / Richard Vogler and Shahrzad Fouladvand -- The UN convention against transnational organised crime 2000 / Neil Boister -- The UN protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons 2000 / Hans-Joachim Heintze and Charlotte Lülf -- The UN protoco against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air 2000 / Andreas Schloenhardt -- The UN protocol against the illicit manufacturing and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition 2001 / Aaron X. Fellmeth -- The United Nations convention against corruption and its criminal law provisions / Michael Kubiciel and Anna Cornelia Rink -- Transnational organised crime and the anti-money laundering regime / Louis de Koker and Mark Turkington -- Transnational organised crime and the illegal trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora / Hennie Strydom -- Transnational organised crime and the sale of children, child prostitution, and pornography / Thorsten Müller -- Transnational organised crime and cultural property / Bernhard Kretschmer -- Transnational organised crime and cybercrime / Dominik Brodowski -- The international law of the use of force and transnational organised crime / Pierre Thielbor̈ger -- International humanitarian law and transnational organised crime / Sven Peterke and Joachim Wolf -- Transnationnal criminal organisations and human rights / Math Noortmann and Dawn Sedman -- Law of the sea ant transnational organised crime / Alexander Proelss and Tobias Hofmann -- Transnational organised crime and international criminal law / Pierre Hauck -- Policing TOC : the national perspective : challenges, strategies, tactics / Sheelagh Brady -- Policing transnational organised crime : the international perspective / Frank G. Madsen

AbstractOrganized crime and gang violence are global phenomena that often emerge in urban areas. Although they are not new, states only recently began to perceive them as serious threats to public security. Laws specifically designed to combat them have consequently been enacted. This article outlines the difficulties of dealing adequately in legal terms with these phenomena and analyses the different approaches adopted so far at the national and international level.