What are your views on organized crime and the process of globalization

criminal obsessions class notes

1.) What are your views on organized crime and the process of globalization? Use the readings as support for your thoughts.

2.) Why has money laundering become such a powerful tool in 20th/21st century life, especially in such diverse areas as wars, organized crime, and all forms of trafficking?

How does global power produce disturbing preoccupations and unhealthy motivations for 21st century life? Please give your opinions/thoughts/comments substantiated by the readings. Do not summarize any text.

How does violent crime appear to mix into different parts of the world, transcending national or ethnic differences to accomplish its aims and goals? Can it be stopped?

Is there any visible line between what is considered legal and what is considered illegal according to the authors in your readings? How is this supposed "line" drawn in individual cultures and personal identities? What is your opinion about this area as applied to world wide criminality?

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