ABSTRACT

The network has developed into an important or some would argue the most important theory to enhance scholarship's understanding of the illicit flows of goods and services, which are the major constituent feature of transnational organized crime. This chapter examines global governing and notes the presence of both visible and less visible actors. It identifies the flowing or dynamic nature of the global governance of crime and highlights the flexible, ever changing, protean networks that make up the dark side of our world—that is, transnational organized crime (TOC). The chapter considers the attempts at interdicting or limiting the transnational flows of illicit nature, be they of humans, merchandise, or services and shows how judicial and enforcement authorities have formed networks. Economic globalization, especially new communications and transportation technologies, have led over the last quarter of the twentieth century to a paradigm shift in organized crime.