pink panthers

Globalization is _______ and thus has the potential to do a lot good and to bring prosperity to many people around the globe. However, its management brings about social fragmentation that leads to violence and corruption, and creates opportunities for transnational criminal organizations to arise and to remain in business. An example of such organization is the Pink Panthers who according to the Interpol is a group behind armed robberies in East Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States. They are believed to have “carried out robberies worth in excess of EUR 330 million since 1999. Hundreds of suspects are linked to more than 340 robberies in 35 countries” (Interpol). In 2013 for instance, in Cannes, France, the Pink Panthers in less than 60 seconds stole $138 million worth of jewels. Within a few days some of the jewels were recovered in New York. This criminal organization is made up of jewelry thieves from the former Yugoslavia, which began due to the extreme violence and political instability during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

It is believed that Transnational Organizations like the Pink Panthers take advantage of economic and trade liberalization, technological advances, communication technology, and international travel. It is important to study the manner in which they do this and to evaluate them apart from local organized crime groups. In efforts of regulating them, the exchange of police information such as fingerprints, photographs and DNA becomes essential. Correspondingly, global mechanisms of control such as the Interpol’s Project Pink Panthers are also key tools for policing such forms of criminality. Albeit, one must also take into account that such efforts are also problematic as different countries ...

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...olicing transnational organized crime as it allows these entities to share data and to communicate at a moment’s notice. This arrest is a reflection of the willingness of law enforcement to work together and of how the close co-operation between INTERPOL’s National Central Bureaus in Rome and Podgorica, the Project Pink Panthers unit at Lyon, France meant that Jelusic’s identity could be confirmed through fingerprint and photo comparison. Therefore, co-operation of various countries is imperative in the fight against transnational organized networks.

This is not to say the global mechanisms such as the Interpol and their Pink Panther’s project are without fault or criticism. In fact, one must also acknowledge their problems and limitations in order to develop a better framework to combat such organizations. For instance, the resources available in each jurisdiction