1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 15, 2017Transnational Crime Issues: Global Trends OverviewIntroduction Transnational organized crime (TOC) is perceived by many to have evolved into a significant and potentially growing global issue with political, economic, and security implications
2、. According to U.S. government reports, TOC groups may be involved in the accumulation of wealth, both from illegal activities as well as investments in legitimate business; commission of acts of violence, intimidation, and threats; penetration, co-optation, and weakening of state institutions and g
3、overnance capacity; acquisition of power and influence in government, politics, and commerce through corruption and other means; exploitation of world financial systems through subversion, manipulation, and distortions of the global markets and economy; and facilitation of terrorist financing and tr
4、avel. Both the nature of TOC and the national security implications associated with it are widely seen to be expanding, diversifying, and destabilizing. Since 2009, TOC has featured in the Intelligence Communitys annual Worldwide Threats Assessment to Congress. In 2016, for example, then-Director of
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