Sanctions against organised crime

Charmaine N. Willis

Chapter 74 in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions, 2025, pp 257-260 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Sanctions senders wield a variety of tools to combat transnational organised crime. This entry discusses the fight against transnational organised crime, with an emphasis on the case of Haiti. As this case demonstrates, the United States has created a variety of sanctions instruments to levy against transnational criminal organisations such as executive orders and congressional legislation. Some instruments have focused explicitly on transnational organised crime, such as President Obama's 2011 Executive Order 13581, while others have targeted the ways that criminal organisations fund themselves, such as drug trafficking, and the broader consequences of organised crime such as human rights violations. Conversely, other senders, such as the European Union and Canada have tended to frame organised crime groups, including those in Haiti, as violating human rights as well as disrupting the political order and undermining democracy.

Keywords: Narcotics trafficking; Colombia; Haiti; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035339525
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