Introduction
Rhino horns seized by Czech authorities are displayed by animal rights activist Premysl Rabas on July 23, 2013, in Prague, Czech Republic. The 24 white rhino horns, worth an estimated $5 million, were slated for sale in Asia. The police arrested 16 members of an international gang that hired Czech nationals to hunt for the threatened rhinos in South Africa. (Getty Images/Isifa/Frantisek Vlcek)
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Instant global communications and open trade routes have been a boon to businesspeople and consumers — as well as to international criminals. “Transnational organized crime” — in U.N. and U.S government parlance — has been expanding over the past two decades, some officials say, threatening to overwhelm the legitimate world economy. Criminals have raced ahead of law enforcement in adapting to globalization and modern technology, experts argue, citing booming ivory and drug smuggling, human trafficking, piracy, cyber-theft and counterfeiting of luxury goods. Others counter that transnational crime is not new but simply a modern form of an old crime — smuggling — and that new technology also enables law enforcement to better track down criminals, even across borders. Both sides agree, however, that modern technology enables hackers, pirates, smugglers and others to inflict widespread damage more quickly than in the past. The intersection between internationally minded criminals and terrorism is another worry, with terrorists turning to crime to finance their operations.
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May 27, 2022 |
Crime in America |
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Feb. 10, 2017 |
Forensic Science Controversies |
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Feb. 05, 2016 |
Restorative Justice |
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Jan. 30, 2015 |
Central American Gangs |
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Aug. 29, 2014 |
Transnational Crime |
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Aug. 09, 2013 |
Sexual Assault in the Military |
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Oct. 26, 2012 |
Mexico's Future |
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Apr. 20, 2012 |
Criminal Records and Employment |
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Apr. 19, 2011 |
Honor Killings |
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Sep. 2010 |
Crime in Latin America |
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Jul. 16, 2010 |
Gangs in the U.S. |
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Jul. 17, 2009 |
Examining Forensics |
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Apr. 17, 2009 |
Wrongful Convictions  |
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Feb. 08, 2008 |
Fighting Crime |
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Oct. 11, 2002 |
Corporate Crime |
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Apr. 04, 1997 |
Declining Crime Rates |
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Dec. 10, 1982 |
Arson: America's Most Costly Crime |
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May 07, 1982 |
Helping Victims of Crime |
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Mar. 13, 1981 |
Violent Crime's Return to Prominence |
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Jul. 15, 1977 |
Crime Reduction: Reality or Illusion |
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Jan. 19, 1972 |
Crime of Rape |
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Jan. 22, 1969 |
Street Crime in America |
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Jan. 17, 1968 |
Burglary Prevention |
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Sep. 22, 1965 |
Compensation for Victims of Crime |
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Feb. 17, 1965 |
Criminal Justice and Crime Control |
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Oct. 18, 1961 |
Control of City Crime |
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Jun. 20, 1929 |
Crime and the Courts |
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