This contribution examines the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC, Palermo Convention). Standing back from the treaty, it analyses how the converging concerns of European states with cross-border crime and US concerns about the post-Cold War threat posed by organized crime together with a willingness to adopt flexible solutions made agreement on such a broad programmatic instrument possible.

Organized Crime: The Road to the Palermo Convention

Serena Forlati
2021

Abstract

This contribution examines the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC, Palermo Convention). Standing back from the treaty, it analyses how the converging concerns of European states with cross-border crime and US concerns about the post-Cold War threat posed by organized crime together with a willingness to adopt flexible solutions made agreement on such a broad programmatic instrument possible.
2021
9780192845702
Palermo Convention – UNTOC – organized crime – international cooperation in penal matters
Convenzione di Palermo – UNTOC – Cooperazione internazionale in materia penale
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