Asian Transnational Organized Crime And Its Impact On The U S

The research goals of this study were to: (a) determine high priority areas for research on Asian transnational organized crime (TOC); (b) assess the impact of Asian TOC on the U.S.; (3) identify relevant data and information sources in Asia; and (4) identify potential collaborative research partners and institutions in Asia. The aim was thus not to examine in detail the organized crime situation in this region, but rather to lay the foundation for a research agenda and strategy that would accomplish that purpose. The sites covered by this research are China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia. Includes recommendations for further collaborative research. Illustrations.

Assesses the impact of Asian transnational organized crime on the U.S. while, at the same time, determining high-priority areas for further research and identifying potential research partners and sources of relevant data and info. in Asia. The aim was thus not to examine the organized crime situation in the region in detail, but rather to lay the foundation for a research agenda that would ultimately accomplish this purpose. It describes the divergent perceptions of Asian transnational organized crime held by the Asian versus the U.S. participants and also offers a researcher¿s perspective. It also explains the scope and patterns of Asian organized crime, and offers an initial assessment of the impact of Asian transnational organized crime on the U.S.

This book examines the impact of Asian transnational organised crime on the United States. It looks into the structure, activity, and harms of Asian transnational organised crime -- including the multiple criminal groups and organisations involved (secret societies, tongs, triads, gangs, drug cartels, criminal networks, etc.), the multiple goods and services that constitute criminal markets (drug production and trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, money laundering, and the violence attendant to these crimes), and the multiple nations and national components (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia in addition to the United States) that might be involved.

This study was undertaken on behalf of the National Institute of Justice between July 2003 and August 2004. Its purpose was to prelimi­ narily assess the impact of Asian transnational organized crime on the United States while, at the same time, determining high­priority areas for further research and identifying potential collabo­ rative research partners and sources of relevant data and information in Asia. The aim was thus not to examine the organized crime situation in the region in detail, but rather to lay the foundation for a research agenda that would ultimately accomplish this purpose.

The National Institute of Justice, as part of its effort to build an international research agenda that will help the United States better understand potential threats from transnational crime, supported this project to determine high priority areas for research on Asian transnational organized crime, assess the impact of Asian transnational organized crime on the United States. Identify relevant data and information sources in Asia, identify potential collaborative research partners and institutions in Asia