4/1/2011
3:45 p.m.
The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov Wednesday called for increased cooperation and a stepping up of efforts in fighting the twinned threats of crime and terrorism. The executive director’s comments come at the opening of the UNODC-organized Terrorism Symposium in Vienna. Attended by more than 250 representatives from nearly 90 countries, the event comes on the back of the ever-evolving modus operandi of terrorists, and their increasing presence in the world of criminality. Drug trafficking, transnational organized crime, the movement of illicit firearms and money laundering have become integral parts of terrorism. Speaking at an international meeting to look into the growing connections between terrorist acts and global crime, Fedotov pointed out that criminal profits are increasingly finding their way to support terrorist acts: “Today, the criminal market spans the planet, and in many instances criminal profits support terrorist groups. Globalization has turned out to be a double-edged sword. Open borders, open markets, and increased ease of travel and communication have benefited both terrorists and criminals. Thanks to advances in technology, communication, finance and transport, loose networks of terrorists and organized criminal groups that operate internationally can easily link with each other. By pooling their resources and expertise, they can significantly increase their capacity to do harm.”
The problem here is terrorism. The UNODC are trying to find different ways to stop them form spreading since our own advancements are enabling our enemies to do us more harm. We cannot regress from our advancements in technology because although it harms us via terrorism, it also helps us in so many other ways.
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