The development of international cooperation to counter organized crime: the choice of values of the international communit

Transnational organized crime in the 21st century constitutes a global threat to international security and development, thus entailing a multifaceted respond from the international community. The world without crime has become a crucial value of the mankind development agenda within logic of globalization. The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) has provided a framework for international cooperation, formulated principles of universal understanding of criminal threats and importance of combatting them on a multilateral basis.