Research Catalog

Title

Transnational organized crime in East Asia and the Pacific : a threat assessment / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Publication

Bangkok, Thailand : UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, [2013]

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Additional Authors

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Description

173 pages : color maps, color illustrations; 30 cm

Subjects

• Organized crime > East Asia
• Wild animal trade > Pacific Area
• Transnational crime > East Asia
• Organised crime
• Drug traffic > East Asia
• Organized crime > Pacific Area
• Human trafficking > East Asia
• Transnational crime > Pacific Area

Note

• "April 2013."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-173).

Contents

Introduction : fighting transnational organized crime -- Smuggling of migrants and labour trafficking within the Greater Mekong Sub-Region -- Trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation within the Greater Mekong Sub-Region -- Migrant smuggling from East and Southeast Asia to the United States and the European Union -- Migrant smuggling from South and West Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia and Canada -- Trafficking of opiates from Myanmar and Afghanistan into East Asia and the Pacific -- Trafficking of methamphetamines from Myanmar and China to the region -- The illegal wildlife trade in East Asia and the Pacific -- Illicit trade in wood-based products from the region to the world -- Illicit trade in electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) from the world to the region -- Illicit trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS) from East Asia to the world -- Counterfeit consumer goods from East Asia to the United States and the European Union -- Fraudulent essential medicines from East Asia to Southeast Asia and Africa -- Key issues and implications for response.

ISBN

• 9789211303148
• 9211303141

OCLC

• ocn854139823
• 854139823
• SCSB-5713358

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries