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Transnational organized crime, growing challenges and new threats - Security Council, 9497th meeting
Security council adopts presidential statement on transnational organized crime, urges states to ramp up cooperation, laws, borders to combat it.
Adopting a presidential statement today, the Security Council recognized the importance of enhancing international and regional cooperation to counter transnational organized crime during a day-long open debate on that subject, in which speakers detailed national experiences with the phenomenon and discussed how best to address it.
By the text (to be issued as document S/PRST/2023/6), the 15-nation organ expressed concern over the serious, growing threats posed by transnational organized crime and acknowledged that — in specific contexts and regions — terrorists may benefit from organized crime, whether domestic or transnational. Noting that transnational crimes may threaten the security of countries on its agenda, the Council expressed its intention to consider such threats, as appropriate.
The Council also called on all Member States to improve border management and international cooperation to effectively constrain the spread of transnational threats. It further urged Member States to strengthen their judicial, law enforcement and border-control capacities and to develop their capabilities to investigate arms-trafficking networks. Additionally, the Council recognized the importance of enhanced political and conflict-related analysis, including on criminal networks that support transnational organized crime and terrorism.
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