The state would access new economic resources — through the production and selling of previously illegal drugs — which are today the turf of large criminal networks. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Of course, the ivory trade is only one part of a web of wildlife crime that is itself part of a global criminal network dealing in drugs, weapons and people. (newscientist.com)
Given the nature of transnational criminal networks existing in Latin America and the rise of terrorism ideology being exported worldwide from Middle East, it is disturbing that the State Department has failed to fully allocate necessary resources and attention to properly address this potential threat to our nation. (politics.stackexchange.com)