ABSTRACT
Transnational and organised crime inflicts significant social and economic costs on the Australian community. Facilitated by increased globalisation and rapid technological development, organised crime groups have become increasingly sophisticated in their operations and global in their reach. In responding to these threats, Australia has developed a sophisticated networked and layered approach in its law-enforcement response to organised and transnational crime. Yet challenges persist in policing these types of crime. This chapter provides an overview of the nature of Australian policing approaches to tackling organised and transnational crime and catalogues some of the most pressing challenges faced in addressing this multibillion dollar problem. This includes challenges that exist both within the nature of policing and in the changing nature of organised criminality and how it is facilitated.
