The result is that events occurring thousands of miles away can now have an almost immediate impact on us. Globalisation has many causes, some of them are; communications technology, mass media and cheap air travel. Held et al suggest the globalisation of crime has led to an increasing interconnectedness of crime across national borders; this has brought about the spread of transnational organised crime, creating new opportunities for crime and new means of committing crime. For example the computerisation of financial markets enables vast amounts of capital to be transferred each day from one side of the world to the other, with sometime devastating effects on national economies. Also, Manuel Castells (1998) argues because of globalisation there is a globalised criminal economy worth £1 trillion.
The Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is an organized crime unit that operates out of Mexico, primarily distributing drugs throughout the United States. The Gulf Cartel has several rivals, with the Sinaloa Cartel at the head of the pack. This particular type of organized crime unit (Mexican drug cartels) began making an impact in the early ‘80s and has grown stronger and more violent over the years. The structures of the many drug cartels have been referred to as being run like a “business,” but with violent consequences and the Gulf Cartel is no exception. The increase in power within the drug cartels makes the future of organized crime seem bleak regarding society, but positive for the OC units themselves.
Globalisation is the process by where by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected. The world is now in a huge global economy as travel advances have made it possible for businesses to develop and trade internationally. Globalisation has increased the production and transportation of goods and services. However, this is not always by legitimate means. The increasing interconnectedness of societies has allowed crime to spread across national borders and the spread of transnational organised crime.
As immigration is becoming a more widespread problem, in America , it needs to bolster border security and increase punishment for both eiders and offenders. Illegal immigration is a serious
Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world. Poverty, gender-based discrimination and a history of sexual and physical violence are all factors that can make women and children vulnerable to traffickers. Some are abducted and sold, some are deceived into consenting by the promise of a better life or a better job, and some feel that entrusting themselves to traffickers is the only economically viable option. Once trapped, they are held and exploited in slavery-like conditions. Traffickers use several means to prevent victims from escaping.
(Taylor & Taylor, 2011, p. 312) 3. Virtual crimes against persons will increase at a faster rate compared with past years as a result of the significant expansion in networking, personal computing, and social networking sites. These hybrid crimes, which have coercive characteristics similar to those found in psychological warfare, will require new laws expressly to address the problem and new methodologies for investigation, prevention, and education. (Taylor & Taylor, 2011, p. 314) 4. Computer hacker groups will emerge in developing
Forecast : Public Safety We are looking for a couple of years ago a very complicated picture regarding violence generated by organized crime and very serious about public safety. It is expected that this trend will continue for the next few years and see an increase in criminal acts product of the struggle between organized crime groups for special areas of value for the passage of drugs into the United States or that represent a large consumer market. It is also expected that as a result of policies to combat against organized crime to a revival violent actions against authorities and diversify the forms that have these criminal groups to finance their operations and see an increase in the number of kidnappings , extortion, robbery,
Drug trafficking, in years past, have been very present in countries like Cuba, where drug lords attempted to run the country. Through drug cartels, as mentioned earlier, groups of people try to sell these illegal drugs in attempt to gain money and power. However, these type of cartels are very dangerous as the affect the lives of individuals. More recently, Mexico has been heavily hit by the drug trafficking epidemic, and this has caused an ongoing war that seems almost impossible to end. Living the United States, one can easily forget how great a right it is to practice free speech.
There are many cause of disparity in the criminal justice system such as legislative decisions, higher crime rates, and inequitable resources. The examples of disparity in legislative decisions the federal, state, and local have created laws that have disproportionate affect the minority community, which should have been seen beforehand. By increasing sentences for the of sale drugs, mainly crack cocaine, the weight
Why are prisons bursting at the seams? According to Joe Romaine of the International Business Times, it is because of America’s “insane drug laws,” which are doing more harm than good (Romaine). Many people may argue that drug offenders are getting what’s coming to them— they broke the law, and therefore it is part of their consequence to suffer through the overcrowded “cruel and unusual” incarceration. Individuals who argue this point are mistaken because although criminals should indeed receive punishment for their actions, there comes a time when a line of propriety is crossed. The ‘war on drugs’ has become a harsh and unnecessary measure that frankly costs American taxpayers far too much money.