Sex trafficking[edit]
Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a major cause of contemporary sexual slavery and is primarily for prostituting women and children into sex industries.[88] Sexual slavery encompasses most, if not all, forms of forced prostitution.[89] The terms "forced prostitution" or "enforced prostitution" appear in international and humanitarian conventions but have been insufficiently understood and inconsistently applied. "Forced prostitution" generally refers to conditions of control over a person who is coerced by another to engage in sexual activity.[90] Official numbers of individuals in sexual slavery worldwide vary. In 2001 International Organization for Migration estimated 400,000, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated 700,000 and UNICEF estimated 1.75 million.[91] The most common destinations for victims of human trafficking are Thailand, Japan, Israel,Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the United States, according to a report by UNODC.[92]
Illegal Immigration and People smuggling ('Migrant Trafficking')[edit]
See Snakehead (gang), Coyotaje
People smuggling is defined as "the facilitation, transportation, attempted transportation or illegal entry of a person or persons across an international border, in violation of one or more countries laws, either clandestinely or through deception, such as the use of fraudulent documents".[93] The term is understood as and often used interchangeably with migrant smuggling, which is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime as "...the procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a state party of which the person is not a national".[94] This practice has increased over the past few decades and today now accounts for a significant portion of illegal immigration in countries around the world. People smuggling generally takes place with the consent of the person or persons being smuggled, and common reasons for individuals seeking to be smuggled include employment and economic opportunity, personal and/or familial betterment, and escape from persecution or conflict.
Contemporary slavery and forced labor[edit]
The number of slaves today remains as high as 12 million[95] to 27 million.[96][97][98] This is probably the smallest proportion of slaves to the rest of the world's population in history.[99] Most are debt slaves, largely in South Asia, who are under debt bondage incurred by lenders, sometimes even for generations.[100] It is the fastest growing criminal industry and is predicted to eventually outgrow drug trafficking
22. Psychology of Organized Crime.
Organized crime often victimize businesses through the use of extortion or theft and fraud activities like hijacking cargo trucks, robbing goods, committing bankruptcy fraud (also known as "bust-out"), insurance fraud or stock fraud (inside trading). Organized crime groups also victimize individuals by car theft (either for dismantling at "chop shops" or for export), art theft, bank robbery, burglary, jewelery theft, computer hacking, credit card fraud, economic espionage, embezzlement, identity theft, and securities fraud ("pump and dump" scam). Some organized crime groups defraud national, state, or local governments by bid rigging public projects, counterfeiting money, smuggling or manufacturing untaxed alcohol (bootlegging) or cigarettes (buttlegging), and providing immigrant workers to avoid taxes.
Organized crime groups seek out corrupt public officials in executive, law enforcement, and judicial roles so that their activities can avoid, or at least receive early warnings about, investigation and prosecution.
Organized crime groups also provide a range of illegal services and goods, such as loansharking of money at very high interest rates, assassination, blackmailing, bombings, bookmaking and illegal gambling, confidence tricks, copyright infringement, counterfeiting of intellectual property, fencing, kidnapping, prostitution, smuggling, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, oil smuggling, antiquities smuggling, organ trafficking, contract killing, identity document forgery, money laundering, point shaving, price fixing, illegal dumping of toxic waste, illegal trading of nuclear materials, military equipment smuggling, nuclear weapons smuggling, passport fraud, providing illegal immigration and cheap labor, people smuggling, trading in endangered species, and trafficking in human beings. Organized crime groups also do a range of business and labor racketeering activities, such as skimming casinos, insider trading, setting up monopolies in industries such as garbage collecting, construction and cement pouring, bid rigging, getting "no-show" and "no-work" jobs,political corruption and bullying.
23. Transnational Crime.
Transnational crime refers to crime that takes place across national borders. The term is commonly used in the law enforcement and academic communities.
The word "transnational" describes crimes that are not only international (that is, crimes that cross borders between countries), but crimes that by their nature involve border crossings as an essential part of the criminal activity. Transnational crimes also include crimes that take place in one country, but their consequences significantly affect another country. Examples of transnational crimes include the human trafficking, people smuggling, smuggling/trafficking on goods (such as arms trafficking and drug trafficking), sex slavery, and (non-domestic) terrorism.
Transnational organized crime (TOC) refers specifically to transnational crime carried out by organized crime organizations.
24. Cultural Property Crime.
Cultural Property Crime poses a significant threat both to the historic environment and to the security of cultural property in museums, archives, private collections and libraries,which conserve and display our national and international cultural heritage for the enjoyment of future generations.In economically challenging times we have already seen thatcriminals have adapted, seeking opportunities to profit from vulnerabilities in these sectors. The
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) led Heritage and Cultural Property Crime Working Group aims to address this vulnerability by bringing together heritage sector experts, police, National
Crime Agency and other law enforcement professionals to protect cultural property and the historic environment.
25. Intercultural Competence.
Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures
Cultures can be different not only between continents or nations but also within the same company and even within the same family. The differences may be ethical, ethnic, geographical, historical, moral, political, or religious.
The basic requirements for intercultural competence are empathy, an understanding of other people's behaviors and ways of thinking, and the ability to express one's own way of thinking. It is a balance, situatively adapted, among four parts:
Knowledge (about other cultures and other people's behaviors)
Empathy (understanding the feelings and needs of other people)
Self-confidence (knowledge of one's own desires, strengths, weaknesses, and emotional stability)
Cultural identity (knowledge of one's own culture)