How Globalization Killed Our Mother
While investigative journalists have joined forces to expose globalized crime and corruption, justice and law enforcement remain largely national. Law-enforcement authorities should follow journalism's lead and urgently develop the sort of international networks that organized crime has perfected.
LONDON – The worldwide network that facilitates transnational organized crime and corruption is, tragically, one of globalization’s most enduring success stories. It is also, therefore, one of its deadliest flaws. While the produce and proceeds of crime flow seamlessly across borders, justice and law enforcement remain largely trapped within national boundaries, and are being steadily undermined and captured. Meanwhile, journalists attempting to document this are intimidated, locked up, and murdered.