Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- 1. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Report of the Seventh Session, 21-30 April 1998, U.N. Doc. E/CN.5/1998/11 (1998) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 2. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Adoption of the Report of the Commission on its Seventh Session, Report of the Chairman of the Working Group on the Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, U.N. Doc. E/CN.15/1998/1/L.l/Add.l (27 Apr. 1998) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 3. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime: Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime, and Other Possible International Instruments: Report of the Secretary General, Addendum, U.N. Doc. E/CN.15/1998/6/Add.2 (1 Apr. 1998) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 4. United Nations, Economic and Social Council Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime: Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime, and Other Possible International Instruments: Report of the Secretary General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1998/6 (23 Mar. 1998) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 5. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Report of the Meeting of the Inter-Sessional Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on the Elaboration of a Preliminary Draft of a Possible Comprehensive International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime (Warsaw, 2-6 February 1998), U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1998/5 (18 Feb. 1998) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 6. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Recommendation of the African Regional Ministerial Workshop on Organized Transnational Crime and Corruption, Held at Dakar from 21 to 23 July 1997, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1998/6/Add.l (29 Aug. 1997) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 7. United Nations, General Assembly, Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime, U.N. Doc. A.RES/52/85 (12 Dec. 1997) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 8. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime: Report of the Secretary General, Addendum, U.N. Doc. E/CN.15/1997/7/Add.2 (16 Apr. 1997) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 9. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime: Report of the Secretary General, Addendum, U.N. DOC. E/CN.15/1997/7/Add.l (11 Apr. 1997) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 10. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime: Report of the Secretary General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1997/7 (26 Feb. 1997) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 11. United Nations, General Assembly, Questions of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime, U.N. Doc. A/RES/51/120 (12 Dec. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 12. United Nations, General Assembly, United Nations Declaration on Crime and Public Security, U.N. Doc. A/RES/51/60 (12 Dec. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 13. United Nations, General Assembly, Third Committee, Question of the Elaboration of an International Convention Against Organized Transnational Crime: Letter Dated 24 September 1996 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Addressed to the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/C.3/51/7 (1 Oct. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 14. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Progress Made in the Implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 50/145 and 50/146: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/51/327 (1 Oct. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 15. Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Transnational Organized Crime, ECOSOC Res. 1996/26, U.N. Economic and Social Council Official Records, Supplement No. 1, U.N. Doc. E/1996/96 (24 July 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 16. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1996/2 (4 Apr. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 17. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Recommendations of the Regional Ministerial Workshop on Follow-Up to the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, Held at Buenos Aires from 27 to 30 November 1995, Addendum, U.N. Doc. E/CN.15/1996/2/Add.l (3 Apr. 1996) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 18. United Nations, General Assembly, Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 49/159 on the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/50/433 (18 Sept. 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 19. United Nations, General Assembly, Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, Particularly its Technical Cooperation Capacity, G.A. Res. 50/146, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/146 (21 Dec. 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 20. United Nations, General Assembly, Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, G.A. Res. 50/145, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/145 (21 Dec. 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 21. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, ECOSOC Res. 1995/11 (24 July 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 22. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Implementation of the Resolutions and Recommendations of the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, ECOSOC Res. 1995/27 (24 July 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 23. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Review of Priority Themes: Proposals Related to the Programmatic Aspects of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Actions Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1995/2 (22 May 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 24. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Cairo, 29 April - 8 May 1995: Report of the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.169/16/Rev.l (12 May 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 25. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Ninth United Nation’s Congress on Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Results of the Supplement to the Fourth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems on Transnational Crime, Addendum, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.169/15/Add.l (4 April 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 26. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Ninth United Nation’s Congress on Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Action Against National and Transnational Economic and Organized Crime, and the Role of Criminal Law in the Protection of the Environment: National Experiences and International Cooperation, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 169/5 (30 Mar. 1995) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 27.

United Nations, General Assembly, Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, Particularly its Technical Cooperation Capacity, G.A. Res. 49/158, U.N. Doc. A/RES/49/158 (23 Dec. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 28. United Nations, General Assembly, Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, G.A. Res. 49/157, U.N. Doc. A/RES/49/157 (7 Feb. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 29. United Nations, General Assembly, Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime, G.A. Res. 49/159, U.N. Doc. A/RES/49/159 (23 Dec. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 30. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Report of the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, Annex, U.N. DOC. A/49/748 (2 Dec. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 31. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference Against Organized Transnational Crime, the Feasibility of Elaborating International Instruments, Including Conventions, Against Organized Transnational Crime, U.N. Doc. E/CONF.88/6 (29 Sept. 1994). / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 32. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference Against Organized Transnational Crime, Appropriate Modalities and Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Organized Transnational Crime at the Regional and International Levels, U.N. Doc. E/CONF.88/5 (19 Sept. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 33. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference Against Organized Transnational Crime, Most Effective Forms of International Cooperation for the Prevention and Control of Organized Transnational Crime at the Investigative, Prosecutorial and Judicial Levels, U.N. Doc. E/CONF.88/4 (1 Sept. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 34. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference Against Organized Transnational Crime, National Legislation and its Adequacy to Deal With the Various Forms of Organized Transnational Crime; Appropriate Guidelines for Legislative and Other Measures to Be Taken at the National Level, U.N. Doc. E/CONF.88/3 (25 Aug. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 35. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference Against Organized Transnational Crime, Problems and Dangers Posed By Organized Transnational Crime in the Various Regions of the World, U.N. Doc. E/CONF.88/2 (18 Aug. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 36. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Organized Transnational Crime, ECOSOC Res. 1994/12, (25 July 1994) and ANNEX / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 37. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Status of the Preparations for the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1994/4 (25 Feb. 1994) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 38. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, G.A. Res. 48/103, U.N. Doc. A/RES/48/103 (20 Dec. 1993) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 39. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, ECOSOC Res. 1993/29, (27 July 1993) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 40. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the Impact of Organized Criminal Activities Upon Society at Large: Report of the Secretary General, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1993/3 (11 Jan. 1993) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 41. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, G.A. Res. 47/91, U.N. Doc. A/RES/47/91 (16 Dec. 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 42. United Nations, General Assembly, International Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime, G.A. Res. 47/87, U.N. Doc. A/RES/47/87 (16 Dec. 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 43. United Nations, General Assembly, Social Development: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the Strengthening of International Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/47/381 (28 Sept. 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 44. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 46/152 Concerning Operational Activities and Coordination in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, ECOSOC Res. 1992/22, (30 July 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 45. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Organized Crime, ECOSOC 1992/23,(30 July 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 46. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Conclusions and Recommendations of the International Seminar on Organized Crime, Suzdal, 21-25 October 1990, U.N. Doc. E/CN. 15/1992/4/Add.2 (6 March 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 47. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting in Strategies to Deal With Transnational Crime, Smolenice, 27-31 May 1991, U.N. Doc. E/CN.15/1992/4/Add.l (5 Mar. 1992) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 48. United Nations, General Assembly, Creation of an Effective United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, G.A. Res. 46/152, U.N. Doc. A/RES/46/152 (18 Dec. 1991) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 49. United Nations General Assembly, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27 August - 7 September 1990: Report of the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.144/28/Rev.l (1991) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 50. United Nations, General Assembly, International Co-Operation in Combating Organized Crime, G.A. Res. 45/123, U.N. Doc. A/RES/45/123 (14 Dec. 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 51. United Nations, General Assembly, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, G.A. Res. 45/121, U.N. Doc. A/RES/45/121 (14 Dec. 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 52. United Nations, General Assembly, Review of the Functioning and Programme of Work of the United Nations in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, G.A. Res. 45/108, U.N. Doc. A/RES/45/108 (14 Dec. 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 53. United Nations, General Assembly, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Proposals for Concerted International Action Against Forms of Crime Identified in the Milan Plan of Action: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.144/7 (26 July 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 54. United Nations, General Assembly, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Effective National and International Action Against: (A) Organized Crime; (B) Terrorist Criminal Activities, Working Paper Prepared By the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.144/15 (12 July 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 55. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, Report of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control on its Eleventh Session, Addendum, the Need for the Creation of an Effective International Crime and Justice Programme, U.N. Doc. E/1990/31 /Add. 1 (4 Apr. 1990) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 56. United Nations, General Assembly, International Co-Operation in Combating Organized Crime, G.A. Res. 44/71, U.N. Doc A/RES/44/71 (8 Dec. 1989) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 57. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Concerted International Action Against Forms of Crime Identified in the Milan Plan of Action, ECOSOC Res. 1989/62, (24 May 1989) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 58. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, International Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime, ECOSOC Res. 1989/70,(24 May 1989) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 59.

United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Report of the Interregional Preparatory Meeting for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders on Topic Iii: “Effective National and International Action Against (A) Organized Crime; (B) Terrorist Criminal Activities”, Vienna, 14-18 March 1988, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.144/IPM.2 (11 Apr. 1988) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 60. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Discussion Guide for the Interregional and Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, U.N. Doc. A/C0NF.144/PM.1 (20 Jan. 1988) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 61. United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Preparations for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, ECOSOC Res. 1987/49, (28 May 1987) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 62. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, G.A. Res. 41/107, U.N. Doc. A/RES/41/107 (4 Dec. 1986) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 63. United Nations, General Assembly, Seventh U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Milan, 26 August -6 September 1985: Report Prepared By the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.121/22/Rev.l (1986) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 64. Sixth United Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Caracas, Venezuela, 25 August - 5 September 1980: Report Prepared By the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.87/14/Rev.l (1981) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 65. United Nations, General Assembly, Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, G.A. Res. 40/32, U.N. Doc. A/RES/40/32 (29 Nov. 1985) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 66. United Nations, General Assembly, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Implementation of the Recommendations of the Sixth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/40/482 (31 July 1985) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 67. United Nations, General Assembly, Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Report of the Interregional Preparatory Meeting for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders on Topic I: “New Dimensions of Criminality and Crime Prevention in the Context of Development: Challenges for the Future”, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.121/IPM/5 (15 May 1985) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 68. United Nations, General Assembly, Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, New Dimensions of Criminality and Crime Prevention in the Context of Development: Challenges for the Future: Working Paper Prepared By the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 121/20 (16 Apr. 1985) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 69. United Nations, General Assembly, Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, G.A. Res. 39/112, U.N. Doc. A/RES/39/112 (14 Dec. 1984) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere -- 70. Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Geneva, 1-12 September, 1975: Report Prepared By the Secretariat, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.56/3 (1975) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Eduardo Vetere.

The most sustained and penetrating study of the phenomenon of transnational organized crime was completed by various UN agencies in an ongoing project whose principal milestone is the 1997 Convention on Organized Crime. This book presents all relevant texts in chronological order from 1975 to 1998, with additional material explaining the background of the project. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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