Combating Transnational Crime Concepts, Activities and Responses Book

	Introduction and Overview	1
	The Dynamics of Illegal Markets	5
	Transnational Crime: Definitions and Concepts	13
	Globalization and Transnational Crime: Effects of Criminogenic Asymmetries	22
	Organizing Transnational Crime: Networks, Markets and Hierarchies	57
	Criminal Fraternities or Criminal Enterprises?	88
	Organized Crime and Ethnic Minorities: Is There a Link?	109
	Transnational Chinese Organized Crime Activities: Patterns and Emerging Trends	127
	Maritime Fraud and Piracy	155
	Crime in Cyberspace	195
	The Rise of the Modern Arms Black Market and the Fall of Supply-Side Control	209
	Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Women and Children	237
	Trafficking in People: The Human Rights Dimension	243
	Money Laundering in Italy	251
	Strengthening the International Legal System in order to Combat Transnational Crime	259
	Responding to Transnational Crime	269
	Transnational Organized Crime and Institutional Reform in the European Union: The Case of Judicial Cooperation	276
	Responding to Transnational Crime - The Role of Europol	303
	International Atomic Energy Agency Programme against Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Sources	315
	Strengthening Cooperation against Transnational Crime: A New Security Imperative	321
	Drafting the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	356
	Abstracts	363
	Notes of Contributors	374
	Index	383