Transnational Crime In Australia

The 2002 Bali Bombings were a series of suicide bombing attacks on the popular western tourist district of Kuta, Bali - an island of Indonesia. The attack occurred on October 12, 2002 and took the lives of 202 people; 88 of which were Australian nationals. This response will evaluate the legal and non-legal responses to the Bali Bombings according to the following criteria: resource efficiency, accessibility, enforceability, responsiveness, protection of individual rights, meeting society 's needs and the application of the rule of law, and aims to answer the question that, in this case, has justice been

Some trends that are beginning to be recognised is the increase of drug syndicates, and pregnant women becoming addicted to drugs. As well as politicians admitting “the war on drugs” as a failure. These few choice articles as well as three specific court cases, all of these cases as well as the articles are evidence towards the fact that the Australian Legal system is having trouble with keeping up with the every changing contemporary issues, which plague our society. The “ABC NEWS” have recently covered articles that talk about drug syndicates, one article is on how Australians were being tricked into being ‘drug mules’ for West African drug syndicate, “the Australian Federal Government and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have made a series of high-level representations to China this year, troubled by evidence a wave of Australians in Chinese prisons were duped or coerced into smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of drugs”. The article by Sean Rubinsztien-Dunlop and Jeanavive McGregor also states that the syndicate scammed or pressured scores of vulnerable people. Now roughly 26 or so Australians are being detained in China. Closer to home in Newcastle, New South Wales the second “ABC NEWS” article explains how the police claimed to have dismantled a drugs syndicate, making four arrests. The article states that “Newcastle detectives are claiming

I believe that in both texts, they would sacrifice anything for freedom. However, each person has different points on what they are going to sacrifice. For JFK, I believe that he would go to the extent of sacrificing his power and the country just to help others. For MLK, I believe that he would sacrifice his ownself and most of his race just to make the future better. This essay will compare and contrast JFK and MLK and their solutions to freedom and their will and capacity to sacrifice.

In our reading of Illicit by Naim (2005), he suggests that the asymmetrical relationship between the government and transnational crime groups create a struggle for the government to respond to these transnational crimes at a decent rate (Naim,2005). On the other side our reading in McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Glenny (2009), suggest otherwise. Glenny (2009) suggests that of a relationship between transnational crime groups, the public, the government and this is a huge aspect to how the government responds to these factors. Both perspectives contain their strengths and weaknesses, however the dependency theory by Glenny has more valid points than that of the asymmetrical theory by Naim.

The globalization of crime has become a renowned problem for the law worldwide; as societies become more interconnected, an act in one country can have repercussions in another which is across another continent. This is primarily down to technological developments, as nowadays communication between countries is simple compared to decades ago. Alongside this transport is also a major problem, as it means that illegal activities can take place in more than one country as goods are transferred between the two, allowing the criminal world to reach all corners of the world.

Australia and Indonesia increased their joint military exercises to ten in 1998-1999, beofre they were cancelled following the East Timor crisis (Singh 2002: 126). Also, clearly linked to the crisis, was the 16th September 1999 abrogation by the Indonesian government of the AMS (Commonwealth of Australia 2000: 195). The October 2002 terrorist bombing attack in Bali, killing 202 people including 88 Australians was a turning point. Based on pragmatism and shared interest in combatting terrorism the relationship reemerged when the Australian Federal Police and the Indonesian authorities cooperated in investigation the incident (Day 2015: 676) Building close security relations became a priority in light of the new terrorism threat, creating the successful ‘Bali Process’ (Day 2015: 676). 2013 finally saw the return of military engagement to pre-East Timor crisis heights (Robert and Hadir 2015: 198).

Australia’s first anti-terror laws were enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 (Prof Andrew Lynch 2010). In recent years, increasing Australian involvement in international conflict has seen these laws shift to accommodate alarming trends in home grown terrorism (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 2014). Sydney’s 2014 terror raids prompted the most significant changes to Australia’s counter terrorism legislation in the last decade (Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence 2015). Amendments granted law enforcement and intelligence agencies new and somewhat controversial powers, in the name of national security.

This report aims to analyse how the Australian media covers and reports crime. To accomplish this, the report will explore how The Australian covered the Cairns child murders, in the article entitled “Cairns deaths: A ‘good mum’ who concealed her demons” published on December 27th 2014. The report will provide insight into the explanation for the crimes occurrence, while investigating the prevalence of the crime type- murder, in Australia. It will also make reference to two of Chibnall’s ‘news values’: dramatization and personalization.

Carcach, C. (2005). Crime and punishment in Australia, 1980–2000, in Tonry M & Farrington DP (eds),. Crime and punishment in Western countries, 1980–1999., 295–330.

“Terrorism is a criminal act that influences an audience beyond the immediate victim”. A lot of the time when someone commits an act of terrorism, it is because they are demonstrating faith and loyalty to their religious views and beliefs, political, or ideological and the persecutors aim to intimidate governments and put fear into the eyes of societies. In Australia this year, there are about 7 known terrorist groups spread around the country. These seven groups in Australia at the moment includes: "Ahmed Y" group, Benbrika group in Melbourne, Al-Shabaab, Syrian syndicate, Cheikho group in Sydney, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Mantiqi (Jemaah Islamiah). All around the world, terrorism is growing quickly and it is damaging countries, communities and families. Something needs to be done about the issue and some people are already acting on it today.

The illicit trafficking of humans for purposes of slavery continues to be a global issue and clear violation of fundamental Human Rights. Article 4 of The UDHR states; “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms”. Human trafficking is defined as the commercial trade of human beings for the purpose of some form of slavery or exploitation, a clear violation of individual human rights. It is hard to quantify the extent of the issue, however the UN has estimated that there are over 2.5 million victims of human trafficking across state boarders. As an international issue, human trafficking requires international attention - however for international laws to be most effective they

U. S has taken a position to implement vital steps to police illegal activities worldwide. Also, using the Law enforcement agencies to find solutions and best practices is critical to stopping transnational organized crime. The United States government plays an important part in this process. They must engage in stricter policies and strategic thinking to fight the corruption of transnational organized crime.

I have chosen to address the transnational crime of drug trafficking in Japan and China. The Japanese legal custom is emulated after the European Civil Law, but is persuaded by the English American legal customs. Japan is generally considered to be a constitutional monarchy. The judicial branch is led by a Supreme Court whose members are approved by the cabinet. A court whose members is appointed by the cabinet such as France and Britain, Japan is a unitary state; that is, it does not hold a federal system of government with division of powers between states and the federal government. The crime rate in Japan is low compared to crime rates in other countries. The crime statistics in Japan are compiled by individual criminal justice agencies and summarized by the Ministry of justice into a statistical yearbook called the White Paper on Crime.

October 12, 2002 would become a decisive turning point for foreign and domestic politics in Indonesia. On that day, the lives of over two hundred and two people were claimed after three bombs were denoted simultaneously in Bali and one in Sulawesi. This act of violence was to become the most devastating act of terrorism on Indonesian soil. The Bali bombing can be viewed as the most devastating act of terrorism not only because the bombing was the first attack against the country, but also because the attack itself can be viewed within the typical framework of the ~{!.~}revolt against the West~{!/~} as Bellamy (2005) has argued.

This essay will discuss some threats transnational organised crime have to Southeast Asian states. By comparing to traditional security paradigm threats, this essay will argue that in order for states to combat transnational organised crime, they must consider and use traditional and non-traditional means. First, this essay will present the security paradigm of traditional security. In this section, this essay will discuss the points of, the focus traditional security has on the protection of the state and traditional security threats such as external military forces. Secondly, this essay will present the non-traditional security paradigm; discussing the people-centred approach of non-traditional security, and non-traditional security threats. Thirdly, this essay will focus on security challenges of transnational organised crime on Southeast Asian states, discussing the challenges human trafficking, drug trafficking, corruption and bribes, and illegal logging. At the end of each of the organised crime security challenges, this essay will discuss how these challenges differ from traditional security threats.