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The Seven Transnational Crimes In The United States

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Transnational crimes have been increasing over the last few decades. Transnational crimes are crimes that have a real threat to people across national borders. One event that changed the criminal justice system forever was the attack of September 11th 2001. Officials knew that laws had to be changed. New laws were implemented to keep the American people safe from similar terrorist’s attacks. Terrorism became a focus in the criminal justice system and several new crimes were added to a list that was categorized as terrorism. The wheel of terrorism was created to show seven different types of crimes and how they correlate with terrorism. The seven transnational crimes include illicit drug trafficking, money laundering, infiltration …show more content…

Illicit drug trafficking is a way for terrorists to make their money. Drug trafficking offers them large amounts of money that funds their operations. The Taliban traffics opium in Afghanistan and terrorists in Columbia traffics coca in Latin America. These are just a few of examples of illicit drug trafficking. Dirty money is considered to be money earned illegally. It has been estimated that over one trillion dollars have been available for terrorists to use for their illegal activities (Adler, 2013). According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010), roughly 380 tons of heroin is trafficked in the middle east. Even though five tons are seized, the rest of the 375 tons of heroin is distributed throughout the world. The war on drugs has been increasingly popular with much recognition from the media. Although this has been the main emphasis, people have almost forgotten the importance of the war against terrorism. This is particularly bad because drug trade goes hand in hand with terrorism and fosters organized crime internationally (Adler, …show more content…

Human trafficking has become one of the biggest criminal enterprises concerning a large quantity of human beings, large amounts of money paid to illegal smugglers, and a mass amount of innocent lives lost. Secretary of State John Kerry states that “we find perhaps no greater threat to human dignity, no greater assault on basic freedom, than the evil of human trafficking” (As cited in Gaspard, 2014). While international people who want to come to the states have the right mind set of leaving their less desirable homeland for a more hopeful place to live. Because immigration is increasing many countries fear that the growth will lead to a higher probability of terrorist activity. Another major reason why countries are scared of illegal immigration growth is because they fear that terrorist organizations will penetrate their terrorist members into the population. There have been numerous accounts of illegal immigrants that have been associated with terrorists groups (Adler, 2013). Every year the United State releases a Trafficking in Persons report. The report shows that human trafficking is a major problem in many areas of the world and there isn’t a government in the world that is doing everything in its power to try to solve this problem (Gaspard, 2014). Not only is human trafficking a major issue because of its fear of terrorism but it’s also a political issue as

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