Transnational organised crime is a rising threat in the post-Cold Wa r
world. The opportunities for the criminal underworld to operate
a c ross borders are multiplying in tandem with the gro w i n g
availability of communications and information technologies; the
increasing mobility of people, goods and services across national
boundaries; and the emergence of a globalised economy. Criminal
gangs now sell arms, smuggle migrants, traffic people and drugs, and
perpetrate fraud across borders.