Current Problems in the Combat of Transnational Organized Crime (Pakistan Perspective) (From UNAFEI Resource Material Series No. 54, P 147-170, 1999 -- See NCJ-190077)

• NCJ Number: 190085
• Author(s): Tahir Anwar Pasha
• Date Published: September 1999
• Length: 24 pages
• Sale Source: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

This paper examined the Pakistan perspective on combating transnational organized crime.

Abstract

The article discussed Pakistan's view of illicit drug trafficking, illicit firearms trafficking, smuggling illegal migrants, illicit trafficking in women and children, illicit trafficking in stolen motor vehicles, money laundering, and transnational economic crimes. This last category included large-scale fraud targeting corporations or organizations, credit card fraud, counterfeiting currency or checks, and manipulating computer systems or other high technology equipment. For Pakistan, illicit drug trafficking and resultant money laundering were the most relevant issues. The principal sources of illegal proceeds in Pakistan were drug trafficking, smuggling contraband, organized crime (e.g., gambling, bank robbery, and abduction for ransom), criminal malfeasance in the public and private sectors, and evasion of taxes and duties. The article recommended actions to deal with international money laundering and to enforce the forfeiture of drug assets, including: (1) educating and sensitizing national governments to the problems and improving cooperation among nations and their law enforcement agencies; (2) regularly exchanging intelligence; and (3) creating an international fund of forfeited drug assets. Appendixes, figure, tables