Publication

This is a report of the above-titled conference held 5-7 September 2012 in Mexico. It includes the conference agenda and participant bios, and presents the principal findings of the conference. These reveal that the current geographical breadth, level of sophistication and broad array of markets and activities that transnational organized criminals are involved in is unprecedented; that transnational organized crime (TOC) has the potential to become a national security threat; that outside help can only do so much to combat TOC; that the complete elimination of TOC is not realistic; and that strong leadership is required to make this issue a policy priority.