THE ESSENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE NEED TO COMBAT IT

Аннотация

В статье рассматривается сущность транснациональной организованной преступности как одного из наиболее опасных явлений современного глобализированного мира. Автор анализирует характерные черты, формы и методы деятельности транснациональных преступных организаций, их влияние на экономическую,политическую и социальную стабильность государств.Особое внимание уделено причинам устойчивости таких структур и международным механизмам противодействия. Обосновывается необходимость выработки скоординированного международного подхода к борьбе с транснациональной преступностью, а также усиления правовых и институциональных мер нанациональноми глобальномуровнях. Ключевые слова: транснациональная преступность; организованная преступность; международная безопасность; криминальные сети; борьба с преступностью; международное сотрудничество; криминология; правоохранительные органы; глобализация. The current stage of development of the world community is accompanied by intensive processes of globalization, the expansion of international economic, political and cultural ties, as well as the active spread of digital technologies. At the same time, these processes, despite the unconditional progress, create a favorable environment not only for the development of civilized forms of interaction, but also for the transformation of crime, which transcends national borders and acquires astable, organized and transnational character. Transnational organized crime (TOC) has become one of the most serious threats to international security and law and order in recent decades. Its activities cover such areas as drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, organ trafficking, smuggling, cybercrime, money laundering and corruption. Criminal gangs actively use modern technologies, financial instruments, fictitious companies and offshore jurisdictions, providing a high degree of secrecy andresistance to lawenforcement pressure. page398 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue06,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai The stability and high level of adaptability of transnational criminal organizations are due to a number of factors, including: weak legal institutions in a number of States, high levels of corruption, uneven socio-economic development, conflicts and instability in certain regions of the world. These conditions allow criminal structures to freely increase their influence, form shadow economies, and exert pressure on government agencies, law enforcement agencies, and judicialsystems. In addition, transnational crime has not only an economic, but also a political orientation. In some cases, its representatives are involved in financing armed conflicts, destabilizing power, interfering in the internal affairs of States, and even terrorist activities. Thus, TOP represents a systemic threat not only at the national level, but also in the context of global law and order and thesustainabledevelopment ofStates. Given the above, the development of effective mechanisms to counter transnational organized crime is becoming particularly relevant, which requires an integrated, interdisciplinary and, most importantly, an international approach. Combating this phenomenon is impossible within the framework of exclusively national efforts, since criminal networks themselves operate cross-border, ignoring Statejurisdictionsand national legal systems. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M.Mirziyoyev, expressing his opinion on this issue, noted: “International terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, religious confrontation, illegal migration, human trafficking, environmental problems, growing economic helplessness, unemployment and poverty in some regions are of serious concern to all mankind. The question of how to act in such extremely difficult and dangerous conditions, how to preserve peace and tranquility, and ensuresustainable development, shouldseriously make us all think.”1 Globalizationis precisely thedevelopment ofmodern states. They have become the leading directions of socio-economic processes. The process of globalization, in turn, has led to the nature of crime, that is, to actions affecting the interests and territories of two or more states, the volume of sales of various illegal goods (weapons, drugs, etc.) has increased, which, in turn, leads to an increase in income from cross-border criminal activities and, as a result, to thedevelopment oftransnational crime. Today, the problem of transnational organized crime is one of the urgent problems facing the world community. This is due to the fact that the strengthening of integration and cooperation ties between States and peoples, the creation of favorable conditions for the free movement of foreign investment, capital, goods and labor, which are considered positive aspects of the modern globalization process, lead to an increase in cases of certain types