Illicit trafficking : a reference handbook /
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| Author / Creator: | Kelly, Robert J. |
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| Imprint: | Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005. |
| Description: | xv, 260 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary world issues |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5712268 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Illicit Trafficking: A Brief History
- What Is Illicit Trafficking?
- What Are the Roles of Organized Crime and Transnational Crime in Illicit Trafficking?
- Does Immigration Foster Illicit Trafficking?
- What Is the Relationship of the Volume of Illicit Trafficking to Globalization?
- What Is the Relationship of the Growth of Global Finance to Illicit Trafficking?
- How Do Worldwide Communication Technologies Affect Illicit Trafficking?
- What Are the Defining Characteristics of Transnational Crime Groups?
- What Are the Relationships among Governments, Social Structure, and Organized Crime?
- Do Ethnic Conflicts and State Dissolution Facilitate Illicit Trafficking?
- Do Political Instability and Military Conflict Contribute to Criminal Activities?
- What Are the Trends among Transnational Crime Groups?
- Can Law Enforcement Operate Effectively in a Global Environment?
- Western Europe
- Eastern and Central Europe
- Russia, the Balkans, and the Newly Independent States
- South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China
- Japan
- South America and Central America: Colombia and Mexico
- United States
- How Are Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Related?
- Summary
- How Can States Deter and Contain Illicit Trafficking?
- 2. Problems, Controversies and Solutions
- Transnational Crime Survey
- Money Laundering: Structure and Characteristics
- Types of Money Laundering
- Controls and Law Enforcement Responses to Money Laundering
- Drug Trafficking
- Drug-Trafficking Impacts on Nation-State Stability
- Economic and Social Consequences of Illicit Trafficking
- Illicit Drug Production
- Drug-Trafficking Networks
- Drug Market Structure and the Trafficking Industry
- Smuggling Nuclear Materials and Arms
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
- Nuclear Theft and Smuggling: The Threat
- The Impact of Change
- Biological and Chemical Weapons
- Law Enforcement and Control Efforts
- Illicit Arms Trafficking
- Dynamics of Arms Trafficking: The Cold War
- Arms Trafficking in the Post-Cold War Era
- Weapons "Supermarkets" and Conflict Zones
- The Machinery of Arms Smuggling
- The Gray Arms Market
- Trafficking in Precious Stones
- Trafficking in Human Body Parts
- The Illicit Trade in Art and Cultural Objects
- Theft of Intellectual Property
- Organized Crime and IPR Crimes
- Alien Smuggling: Trafficking in Human Beings
- Female Migrants
- General Observations: Looking Ahead
- 3. Chronology
- 4. Biographical Sketches
- Monzar Al Kassar
- Osama bin Laden
- Victor Bout
- Alphonse Capone
- Pablo Emilio Gaviria Escobar
- Helmer Herrera-Buitrago
- Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Khun Sa
- Carlos Lehder-Rivas
- "Little Pete,"
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano
- Leonid Minin
- Manuel Antonio Noriega
- Jorge Luis Vasquez Ochoa
- Benny Ong
- Salvatore Riina
- Tijuana Cartel
- 5. Statistics and Reference Documents
- Trafficking in Human Beings
- Characteristics of Traffickers and Their Victims
- International Organization for Migration
- Coalition against Trafficking in Women
- U.S. Department of State
- United Nations
- Narcotics Trafficking
- Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Characteristics of Traffickers
- United Nations
- Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
- United Nations
- UN Institute for Disarmament Research
- Small Arms Survey
- Trafficking in Nuclear Materials
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- The Center for International Security and Cooperation
- Nuclear Threat Initiatives
- 6. Agencies and Organizations
- 7. Print and Nonprint Resources
- Print Resources
- Books and Articles
- Periodicals and Publications
- Bibliographies
- Nonprint Resources
- Videos
- 8. Summary
- Illicit Traficking-Trends and Issues
- Post-Perestroika and the Rise of the Oligarchs: Examples of State Decay and Illicit Traficking Opportunities
- Index