ABSTRACT
Transnational threats, by their very nature, demand responses that are novel in form, content and forum. National strategies are inherently inadequate for responding to challenges that cross multiple borders and involve multiple jurisdictions. The threats take several forms, ranging from the spread of exotic diseases to environmental degradation and illegal migration flows. Among the most serious at the close of the twentieth century is the rise of transnational criminal enterprises. Organized crime, fuelled by political, economic and cultural changes - including the globalization of trade, transportation and financial systems and the rapidly evolving technologies of communications and information - has ceased to be a domestic or local problem. It has become transnational.
