Smuggling And Racial Profiling

Smuggling is defined as a verb, “to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.” (2015). Smuggling is any item that a person could think of to include animals, plants, humans, and illegal contraband. Smuggling could also include legal items, but when the items are smuggled, the smuggler will not have to pay the importation taxes on the items. This is why some things could be smuggled or because the items are illegal, like drugs or weapons. “It threatens peace and human security, leads to human rights being violated and undermines the economic, social, cultural, political and civil development of societies around the world. The vast sums of money involved can compromise legitimate economies
“It threatens peace and human security, leads to human rights being violated and undermines the economic, social, cultural, political and civil development of societies around the world. The vast sums of money involved can compromise legitimate economies and have a direct impact on governance, such as through corruption and the "buying" of elections.” (UNODC). All of these things that Transnational Organized Crime brings into a community can threaten legitimate trade. In addition to all the things listed above, gang violence can increase and devastate communities and drive business’s
With those figures only being from human smuggling I could only imagine how much more money the TCO’s make with everything that they are involved. With the money involved these TCO’s will do whatever is necessary no matter the laws to ensure that the money keeps coming into their