4.5.4: Transnational Crime
[Pursue] a multidimensional approach that safeguards citizens, breaks the financial strength of criminal and terrorist networks,
disrupts illicit trafficking networks, fights government corruption, strengthens the rule of law, bolsters judicial systems,
and improves transparency.
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Transnational criminal networks also pose significant national security challenges. These networks continue to expand dramatically
in size and scope, harming people worldwide, posing threats to stability, and subverting government institutions through corruption.
Transnational criminal organizations have accumulated unprecedented wealth and power through the drug trade, arms smuggling,
human trafficking, and other illicit activities, penetrating legitimate financial systems and destabilizing commercial markets.
They extend their reach by forming alliances with terrorist organizations, government officials, and some state security services.
That's why, in 2011, the Obama administration released a comprehensive Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime. We
are committed to a multidimensional approach that safeguards citizens, breaks the financial strength of criminal and terrorist
networks, disrupts illicit trafficking networks, fights government corruption, strengthens the rule of law, bolsters judicial
systems, and improves transparency. We have responded to this threat through aggressive targeting of the illicit financial
infrastructure supporting cross-border criminal activity. And we will continue to coordinate with other nations and build
their capacity to combat these threats.
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