Transnational Organized Crime: Analyses of a Global Challenge to Democracy

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Transnational Organized Crime

Analyses of a Global Challenge to Democracy

Edited by: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. , Regine Schönenberg , Bernd Rheinberg , Regine Schönenberg and Annette von Schönfeld
In collaboration with: Regine Schönenberg and Annette von Schönfeld

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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Transnational organized crime interferes with the everyday lives of more and more people – and represents a serious threat to democracy. By now, organized crime has become an inherent feature of economic globalization, and the fine line between the legal and illegal operation of business networks is blurred. Additionally, few experts could claim to have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations governing the international flow of trade, and hence of the borderline towards criminal transactions.

This book offers contributions from 12 countries around the world authored by 25 experts from a wide range of academic disciplines, representatives from civil society organizations and private industry, journalists, as well as activists. Recognizing the complexity of the issue, this publication provides a cross cultural and multi-disciplinary analysis of transnational organized crime including a historical approach from different regional and cultural contexts.

Conception: Regine Schönenberg and Annette von Schönfeld.

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Contributor: Bernd Rheinberg

Die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung ist eine grüne politische Stiftung, eine reformpolitische Zukunftswerkstatt und ein internationales Netzwerk. Sie arbeitet mit über hundert Partnerprojekten in 60 Ländern zusammen und unterhält Büros in mehr als 30 Ländern.

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»Es ist die nüchterne, wissenschaftliche Analyse und ihre Sprache, die die Problematik so eindringlich präsentiert und beweist, dass die Organisierte Kriminalität weltweit keine marginale Erscheinung ist und konsequentes, gemeinsames Handeln erfordert – auch in Deutschland.«

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	9
I. Introduction Open Access Download PDF	11
II. Transnational Issues of Organized Crime
1. Money Laundering: Motives, Methods, Impact, and Countermeasures Christine Jojarth Open Access Download PDF	17
2. What Do a Tax Evader and a Money Launderer have in Common? The Role of Secrecy in the Financial Sector Interview with John Christensen, Director of Tax Justice Network Open Access Download PDF	35
3. “People should not be punished for being honest!” Interview with Steffen Salvenmoser, Forensic Services of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frankfurt am Main Open Access Download PDF	41
4. Organized Crime in Cyberspace Tatiana Tropina Open Access Download PDF	47
5. Judicial and Social Conditions for the Containment of Organized Crime: A Best Practice Account Edgardo Buscaglia Open Access Download PDF	61
III. Regional Perspectives
1. INTRODUCTION Open Access Download PDF	75
2. Afghanistan
2.1 TWO SIDES OF A COIN? STATEBUILDING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORKS IN AFGHANISTAN Florian P. Kühn Open Access Download PDF	77
2.2 “MIRED IN DECEPTION” – NARCOTICS AND POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN Christoph Reuter Open Access Download PDF	91
2.3 HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: A COMMUNITY PROJECT EXAMPLE Interview with Yama Torabi, Executive Director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) Open Access Download PDF	109
3. India
3.1 BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY Arun Kumar Open Access Download PDF	115
4. West Africa
4.1 ORGANIZED AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN WEST AFRICA Etannibi E. O. Alemika Open Access Download PDF	127
5. South Africa
5.1 FROM APARTHEID TO 2020: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA Interview with Charles Goredema, Institute of Security Studies, Cape Town Open Access Download PDF	145
6. Mexico
6.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IN MEXICO José Reveles Open Access Download PDF	149
6.2 Extortion in Everyday Life in Mexico Marco Lara Klahr Open Access Download PDF	161
6.3 CIVIL SOCIETY’S STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT GROWING INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO Ingrid Spiller Open Access Download PDF	169
7. Brazil
7.1 VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF “MILITIAS” IN RIO DE JANEIRO Ignacio Cano Open Access Download PDF	179
7.2 ROOTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMAZON Regine Schönenberg Open Access Download PDF	189
7.3 IF THE MPF WOULD NOT GO FOR IT, WHO WILL? Interview with Aurélio Veiga Rios, Brazilian Federal Public Ministry Open Access Download PDF	199
7.4 UNHOLY ALLIANCES OR CREATIVE PROCESSES? SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES POINT OUT NEW WAYS TOWARD LOCAL HARM REDUCTION Wolfgang Hees Open Access Download PDF	203
8. The Balkans
8.1 A “BLACK HOLE” IN EUROPE? THE SOCIAL AND DISCURSIVE REALITY OF CRIME IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S TACIT COMPLICITY Berit Bliesemann de Guevara Open Access Download PDF	211
8.2 TRAFFICKING IN ORGANS, TISSUES, AND CELLS IS SOMETIMES PART OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING Interview with Ivana McIlwiane, Police Officer and Scientist in Serbia Open Access Download PDF	233
9. European Union
9.1 ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION — NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES Wolfgang Hetzer Open Access Download PDF	239
10. Italy
10.1 CIVIL SOCIETY’S ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ’NDRANGHETA Claudio La Camera Open Access Download PDF	267
10.2 AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO COMBAT THE MAFIA: CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS Lorenzo Bodrero Open Access Download PDF	277
11. Germany
11.1 THE MAFIA AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN GERMANY Jürgen Roth Open Access Download PDF	285
IV. Outlook Open Access Download PDF	295
ABBREVIATIONS Open Access Download PDF	297
Authors Open Access Download PDF	299

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