Question

What in the documentary "Illicit: The Dark Trade" do you think was most interesting about globalization and crime? Why, Also, what would you have liked to see and learn in the documentary, but it was not there? In other words, what do you think was missing in the documentary that would made us understand globalization of crime better if it were covered in the documentary?

Answer 1

Solution:

1. Crime is related to globalization in many ways. Firstly, Globalization involves the cross-border movement of people. Therefore, globalization results in demographic shifts in countries receiving immigrants. Such demographic shifts can result in various types of crimes, including hate crimes. For example, in recent years, Western nations have experienced many terrorist activities perpetrated by immigrants.

Secondly, globalization facilitates crimes like human trafficking because of increasing interlinkages among countries and ease of transportation.

Thirdly, globalization results in increased cross-border transportation of goods, which can facilitate crimes like smuggling.

Fourthly, globalization helos various organized crime groups to spread their networks abroad. For example, terrorist groups like ISIS and or drug cartels spread their networks using various mediums of globalization such as improved connectivity, social media, etc.