Transnational Crime

Transnational Crime
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Transnational Crime
Transactional crime refers to going against national, international and mixed laws applied to people, companies, and governments that influence states. Usually, the rules and regulations are made by a federal court. For instance, in 2014, the airline sector had planned for global action against online fraudsters. At least 80 airports in 45 countries were involved, and AMERIPOL, INTERPOL, and Europol participated in the investigations (Madsen, 2009). After the suspects had purchased the tickets, using fake debit cards that led to losses of about 1 billion dollars, it was discovered that the case involved other schemes including human and drug trafficking. All the organizations involved worked together to identify the persons and stolen documentation. Therefore, the strategic collaboration between the law enforcement and private sector enabled the investigation to be carried out so that the suspects and illegal transactions could be identified.
Secondly, Edward Snowden; a former computer expert and CIA system administrator gave out government documents concerning the presence of government surveillance programs that were confidential to the press (Albanese, 2011). He violated the Espionage act of 1917, termed as treason. He was found guilty regardless of his moral duty to act. He was therefore taken to prison for 36 months on 20 conspiracy counts involving different computer crimes includin…