1. What is smuggling? What is smuggled and why is it smuggled? Who benefits from smuggling and who is hurt by smuggling and how?
2. How can the U.S. Government win the war on drugs and at the same time decrease smuggling?
The U.S. Government can win the war on drugs by cracking down on the drug cartels and smugglers that are transporting drugs through our borders. The best way to go about this is going to the sources of drugs through intel along with insuring security is done properly at the borders. By increasing security and hunting down drug rings, it will decrease the ability to obtain drugs forcing a decrease in drug demand. With a decrease in demand for drugs smugglers will not have a reason to smuggle drugs and will have a bigger fear of getting caught. By doing this that would decrease the number of smugglers transporting drugs.
3. Besides smuggling, what other border violations threaten the facilitation of legitimate trade?
Money laundering is a border violation that threatens the facilitation of legitimate trade. Money laundering can include criminals, drug traffickers and blackmailers. They do these terrible acts by disguising themselves and avoiding detection while carrying out these horrendous acts. I know I can relate to the fact that card swindling is another instance in which it affects legitimate trade. I’ve had my card hacked and then made into an identical card with my information. The individual spent 2,400 dollars on my account before my card was blocked for fraudulent activity. Thankfully I was able to work with the bank and recover that money while the right personnel apprehended the person who stole my information.
4. What is globalization of organized crime and how serious is the threat?
Globalization of organized crime happens when criminals work together to commit global crimes in a network they have created. It is a serious threat because it can take out large cooperation’s, businesses or even government agencies if the right group of criminals come together. Organized criminals can cause serious damage on a national level if they work together in the right manner.
Aaron
References
18 U.S.C. Section 1545. Smuggling Goods into the United States. Gynco, GA: United States Customs Academy.
McDowell, J., & Novis, J. (2001). The consequence of money laundering and financial crime. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/KayLesane/Downloads/ijee0501mcdowell%20(1).pdf
UNODC. (2012). The globalization of crime: A transnational organized crime threat assessment. Retrieved from http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta/TOCTA_REPORT_2010_low_res.pdf
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