1.5: Transnational Crime

Work with our partner nations to combat transnational crime.

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Transnational crime threatens the stability of countries, particularly in the developing world and countries with fragile transitional economies. It impedes legitimate economic activity, threatens public order, undermines the rule of law and citizens’ confidence in government, diverts resources, and can finance terrorist activities. Trafficking in persons is an egregious abuse of human rights and a security threat to both national and international interests. States that fail to implement adequate measures to curtail transnational crime will find it more difficult to join international bodies, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), through which we promote cooperation on many issues of importance to peace and security. We will continue to fight the production, transportation, and sale of illegal narcotics. We seek to: eliminate the cultivation and refinement of coca and opium poppy; reduce the flow of illegal drugs to the United States; establish alternative livelihoods for illegal growers; build the will and capacity abroad to arrest, prosecute, and punish traffickers; and assist partner countries to prevent drug use. We will focus on eradication and interdiction activities—important aspects of security cooperation that strengthen our partners’ internal intelligence and law enforcement capabilities. We will work to establish comprehensive legislative, regulatory, and enforcement regimes, and work with our partner nations to combat transnational crime. We will combat financial crimes and money laundering, organized and gangrelated crime, cyber crime, and intellectual property theft. We will promote international cooperation and coordination on combating international criminal activities, and provide training and technical assistance to build institutional capacity to uphold the rule of law. We will lead international efforts to combat trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling. We will support the implementation and enforcement of anti-trafficking legislation, and promote national, bilateral, and multilateral activities that protect and assist victims, prosecute traffickers and smugglers, and prevent further victimization through trafficking.

Stakeholder(s):

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

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