Palermo in the Pacific : organised crime offences in the Asia Pacific region / by Andreas Schloenhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schloenhardt, Andreas.

Series:

Nijhoff eBook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Asia.

Organized crime.

Organized crime--Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study identifies and analyses organised crime legislation in the Asia Pacific region. It examines offences criminalising the participation in criminal organisations and equivalent provisions penalising the existence and operation of organised crime under domestic laws. The study also explores the adoption of relevant international treaties, in particular the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime , and examines efforts by the international community to promote wider implementation of this Convention in the region. The aim of this study is to assess the adequacy and efficiency of the existing provisions under domestic and international laws, and to develop recommendations for law reform to prevent and suppress organised crime more effectively in the region.

Contents:

Criminalising organised crime : the need for special laws

Convention against transnational organised crime

Canada

New Zealand

Australia

China

Hong Kong SAR

Macau SAR

Taiwan

Singapore

Malaysia

Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia

Philippines

Vietnam

Cambodia

Lao PDR

Thailand

Japan

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Pacific Islands

United States of America

Observations

The way ahead.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95152-1

9786612951527

90-04-19335-9

OCLC:

695990155

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004180451.i-430 DOI