I. Transnational organized crime: the globalization of crime. The evolution of espionage networks and the crisis of international terrorism and global organized crime / Joseph L. Albini, R.E. Rogers Julie Anderson -- The European Union and organized crime : fighting a new enemy with many tentacles / Monica Den Boer -- Confronting transnational crime / Peter B. Martin. II. The case studies. The infiltration of organized crime in the Emilia-Romagna region : possible interpretations for a new social defence / Augusto Balloni ⁵ ... [et al.] --Transnational organized crime in Spain : structural factors explaining its penetration / Carlos Resa-Nestares -- Global organized crime in Latvia and the Baltics / Andrejs Vilks and Dainis Bergmanis -- Opening and closing the 49th parallel : responses to free trade and to trans-border crime in Canada since 1989 / Ian Taylor -- "Contested jurisdiction border communities" and cross-border crime : the case of the Akwesasne / Ruth Jamieson -- The use of the "shining path" myth in the context of the all-out war against the "narco-guerilla" / Rodolfo Mendoza Nakamura -- Organized crime in Russia : domestic and international problems / Yakov Gilinskiy -- Regionalization and expansion : the growth of organized crime in east Siberia / Anna L. Repetskaya -- Alienation and female criminality : the case of Puerto Rico / Zuleika Vidal Rodriguez. III. Public policy and interventions. Criminal financial investigations : a strategic and tactical approach in the European dimension / Petrus C. Van Duyne, Mike Levi -- Mafia-type organizations: the restoration of rights as a preventive policy / Maria Luisa Cesoni -- Repeal drug prohibition and end the financing of international crime / Arthur Berney -- The criminal justice system facing the challenges of organized crime / Emilio C. Viano