This book sheds light on international cooperation to counter organized crime. This subject is divergent; it has extensions in history, geography, economics, sociology, psychology, criminology, international law, international criminal law, international relations, international organizations and police sciences. It stresses the importance of countering organized crime being of great danger to countries and the entire international community.
Organized crime exploits the changes and developments in the political, economic, scientific, and technological fields, in addition to global openness and free markets, and even the deprivation of poor social classes and the wealth of rich people and the weakness of some political regimes and nations in its quest to make money and profit.
The book yielded the following recommendations:
1.Means of criminal cooperation between countries in the form of international laws and national legislations should be integrated.
2.The volume of treaties related to international cooperation between countries and law enforcement bodies should be increased.
3.New ways of cooperation between countries related to activating the mechanisms of implementation of conventions should be created.
4.Education and training programs for judges and law enforcement officials in the field of international criminal law should be intensified.
5.Technical assistance, information, expertise, data, documents, and research between countries in the fields of countering organized crime should be exchanged.
6.Efforts for the unification of criminal legislations should be coordinated.
7.Field cooperation and queries between countries to unveil organized crime networks should be incorporated.
8.Bilateral, regional, and global cooperation in the criminal field should be increased.
9.Competent personnel in the field of combating organized crime should be selected. Effective executive bodies and professional field teams should be established.
The book comprises two chapters.
Chapter One: The Phenomenon of Organized Crime.
Chapter Two: The Role of International Cooperation in Countering Organized Crime.
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