SANCTIONS AGAINST MODERN TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES

• NCJ Number: 40757
• Author(s): C T Barber
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 28 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TEACHING AND RESEARCH, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, MAY 1976

Annotation

PAPER EXAMINES THE SCOPE OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES OR INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND LOOKS AT WHAT GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAINST THOSE COMMITTING THEM.

Abstract

TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES UNDER INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION INCLUDE TERRORISM, DRUG TRAFFICKING, SLAVERY, AND POLLUTION. TERRORISM, HOWEVER, RECEIVES THE BULK OF THE AUTHOR'S TREATMENT. THIS HAS RANGED FROM INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING, AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND SABOTAGE, AND KIDNAPPING OF DIPLOMATS. PRESENTLY, ART THEFT, COUNTERFEITING, AND SMUGGLING FALL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF PUNISHABLE TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES. FOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS--INTERPOL, THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION-HAVE DISCUSSED ISSUING SANCTIONS AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES....BDS