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The Globalisation Of Crime

This was an investigative project that examined how the architecture of globalisation not only enhances the legitimate economy, but also the illicit economy as well, and how these developments might evolve in the future. The project is being undertaken as a collaboration. The project started in July 2007 and reported at the World Future Society conference in July 2008.

It is the case that, increasingly, organised criminals are adopting the architecture of globalisation to further their ends. Organised crime is able to use the transport and financial networks created by the process of globalisation to extend its scope globally. This project looked at some of the aspects of the globalisation of crime and how they will develop in the near future, with particular reference to the architecture of globalisation; the links between criminal gangs, narcotics and money laundering; white collar crime; and the modern slave trade.

Output:

The Globalisation Of Crime
Published in Seeing The Future Through New Eyes in July 2008, this chapter examines some of the unexpected consequences of the process of globalisation. Click here for the chapter.

The Globalization Of Crime 1
Published in The Futurist Magazine in November 2008, this article examines the ways in which organised criminal gangs are using the architecture of globalization to further their ends. Courtesy of the World Future Society, www.wfs.org. Click here for the article.

The Globalisation Of Crime 2
Published in Swiss Future Magazine in January 2009, this article examines the ways in which organised criminal gangs are using the architecture of globalisation to further their ends, and calls for the globalisation of law enforcement to counter this trend. Click here for the article.

The Globalisation Of Crime
This was a talk given at the World Future Society annual conference - Seeing The Future Through New Eyes. It summarises part of the work undertaken within the project, and presents a case that one of the side effects of globalisation is the use of its architecture by criminal networks. Click here for the slides. (Talk given 27th July 2008 at the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC)

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