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In this Handbook, editor Philip Reichel has brought together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide cooperative cross-national responses. This volume not only has a comprehensive introduction to the topic of transnational crime but also provides specific examples such as international terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering to illustrate this ever expanding phenomenon. The Handbook also examines cross-national and international efforts by police, courts, international agencies, and correctional authorities to deal with transnational crime. Part IV concludes the book by addressing emerging issues in transnational crime and justice with particular attention given to transnational organized crime in all regions of the world.
International Cooperation in Policing
International Cooperation in Policing
The Concept of International Police Cooperation
The concept of international police cooperation, both formal and informal, has quite an extensive history. This chapter provides an overview of the two most prominent organizations embodying cooperation in international policing, Interpol and Europol. An overview of their history, missions, goals, and activities will familiarize the reader with the basic tenets of the global exchange of information on issues related to law enforcement.
As we become of necessity more and more global in our attempts to thwart the sophisticated groups of criminals, the urgent need for international police cooperation becomes increasingly apparent. Its clear relevance could not have been more clearly illustrated than in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) ...
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