Crime definition and control are central to the transnational condition / Eurekalert, 25 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/w-cda092308.php
"Transnational crime refers to crime that takes place across national borders. An article in the journal International Political Sociology shows that the significance of transnational crime is poorly understood but has had profound consequences for the ordering of the world system."