Tuesday, August 23, 2011

innovation + adaptation

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), "Transnational organized crime is considered as one of the major threats to human security, impeding the social, economic, political and cultural development of societies worldwide. It is a multi-faceted phenomenon and has manifested itself in different activities, among others, drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings; trafficking in firearms; smuggling of migrants; money laundering; etc........"
Evidence brought up from this particular case points towards
the establishment of an efficient operation, innovation and
adaptation..... 


 The UNODC report goes on to explain that,
"As globalization has expanded international trade, so the range of organized crime activities has broadened and diversified. The traditional hierarchical forms of organized crime groups have diminished; replaced with loose networks who work together in order to exploit new market opportunities. For example organized crime groups involved in drug trafficking are commonly engaged in smuggling of other illegal goods. The links between drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime calls for a more integrated approach to address this nexus." 
This particular smuggling tunnel, located along the
 U.S.-Mexico, includes perks such as air conditioning and electricity. 



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