The United States Military's Role in Combating Transnational Organized Crime

Abstract

This analysis looks at United States policy towards countering transnational organized crime and targeting transnational criminal networks that pose a clear and present danger to the United States, its allies, or key partner states. Using the President's Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, published in July 2011, the analysis focuses and defines how the elements of United States national power, in a whole of government construct, can effectively defend American citizens and United States enduring national security interests from the convergence of twenty first century transnational criminal threats and violent extremism. From this analysis, policy and associated authority gaps are identified and policy implementation recommendations made to address these gaps. Ultimately, this research informs and enables Geographic Combatant Commands to better execute their key roles and missions associated with to combating transnational organized crime in their area of operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589033

Entities

People

  • Gerald A. Boston

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Terrorism
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies