Policing the Globe: Intro , chp 1, chp 2

Intro- The main aspect of this book is how the world has changed in veiws reguarding international crime control. As transnational crime has envolved their needs to be regulations in the government as our world is globalizing. Andreas looks at the orgins and transformation of international crime control throught the book. When Andreas talks about the history of international crime I like how things have changed since the terrorist attack on Sept. 11th 2001. Andreas talks about how we need to police rather than starting a war. He also mentions a wide variety of transnational activities in the recent decades which include guns, people, counterfeit products, and drugs. Andreas mentions what this means for the future and that international crime control efforts are far more intensive and geographically expansive now. Andreas summarizes in asking why the growth of international criminal law enforcement, and his answer is, “it is in response to the growth of transnational crime in an era of globalization.”(7)
Chp 1- Andreas explains how certain transnational activties become crimainalized around the world. Andreas mentions things as Piracy, slavery, and drug traffiking.
Quotes: No greater example of the capacity of a transnational acitvity to resist the combined efforts of governments than the persistence of illicit drug trafficking. 45
US led push to criminalize money laundering , which builds on and is very much derivative of global drug prohibition regime.
Vandalism, Internet has become a transnational and electronically based concern. 57
Chp 2- most international criminal law enforcement matters are handled by police…..60
Roots of comtemporary international crimimal law enforcment
• 1st particularly criminal investigative, or detective
• 2nd Politics, secret service