Pros And Cons Of Transnational Organized Crime

Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in recent years has become an overwhelming threat to national and international security. The health and safety of the public as well as the stability of the economic structure have grown to be a target for these criminal organizations. They have expanded their networks and diversified their behavior, resulting in what was once small and simple to much larger and complicated attacks causing massive effects.
Corruption and Penetration of State Institutions
Countries like Afghanistan, Somalia, Columbia and Russia because of weak rule of law have been extremely susceptible to TOC. Once the TOC has penetrated and has a strong strangle on the local populace and the government criminal organizations can become more powerful than the state
Central America is the key region where trafficking in arms, people and drugs are fueling the instability to the brink of destruction. In some Central America states, according to the World Bank, it is costing approximately 8% of their domestic products. Mexico in particular is waging an ongoing war so massive it’s costing the country more money than they can afford. With combating not only the large drug trade but the human smuggling rings, extortion bids and kidnappers, Mexico is in a losing battle. The TOC is so bad that the United States border is vulnerable to border-crossers bringing drugs and people across on such a huge scale that the U.S. does not have enough manpower to cover it all. On the plus side Colombia has made remarkable success in the reduction of the cocaine and arm production against the FARC. Colombia, according to the U.N., is now an exporter of law enforcement and justice. The country now provides assistance to other law enforcement agencies on how to deal with the TOC. This success comes largely due to the help from the