.Executive summary
Transnational organised crime (TOC) is a major threat to global security, and can
cause significant social and economic damage. Prevention efforts need to be
increased in order to contain this phenomenon. TOC benefits from certain legal
loopholes and law enforcement agencies have difficulty in reacting quickly to criminal
businesses which use very sophisticated methods to conceal their activities and the
proceeds of their crimes, and take advantage of globalisation and the use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs).