Table of Contents

Introduction and overview, Phil Williams and Dimitri Vlassis. Part 1 Conceptual issues: the dynamics of illegal markets, Pino Arlacchi; transnational crime - definitions and concepts, Grehard O.W. Mueller; globalization and transnational crime - effects of criminogenic asymmetries, Nikos Passas; organizing transnational crime - networks, markets and hierarchies, Phil Williams; criminal fraternities or criminal enterprises?, Letizia Paoli; organized crime and ethnic minorities - is there a link?, Frank Bovenkerk; transnational Chinese organized crime activities - patterns and emerging trends, Ko-Lin Chin et al. Part 2 Criminal activities and markets: maritime fraud and piracy, Jayant Abhyankar; crime in cyberspace, P.N. Grabosky; the rise of the modern arms black market and the fall of supply-side control, R.T. Naylor; trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children, Livia Pomodoro. Part 3 Responding to transnational organized crime: trafficking in people - the human rights dimension, OHCHR; money laundering in Italy, Alessandro Pansa; strengthening the international legal system in order to combat transnational crime, Guiseppe di Gennaro; responding to transnational crime, Raymond E. Kendall; transnational organized crime and institutional reform in the European Union - the case of judicial cooperation, Cyrille Fijnaut; responding to transnational crime - the role of Europol, Emanuele Marotta; international atomic energy agency programme against illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and radioactive sources, Anita Nillson; strengthening cooperation against transnational crime - a new security imperative, Roy Godson and Phil Williams; drafting the United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime, Dimitri Vlassis.

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Phil Williams, Dimitri Vlassis