ABSTRACT
In the 1990s the concept of transnational organized crime (TOC) emerged as a relatively new one in academic criminology and popular discourse and it remains something of a contested term. This chapter explores an idea suggested by the American political scientist Charles Tilley that state-making is analogous to a protection racket. The protection racket is being extended up to the transnational level where global institutions also lay claim to the responsibility to 'govern' crime. Annual report of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada (CISC) noted that while 'transnational crime' had become part of the police lexicon, policing had been undergoing its own evolution. The Intelligence-led policing (ILP) approach, propelled by transnational police technology transfer, heralded a renewed emphasis on controlling crime, especially 'serious and organised crime'. Transnational organized crime consists of illicit trade. A range of commodities can be brought to the transnational illicit market place.
