The 24^th Outcome Document of the 1998 G8 Summit, regarding drugs and international crime, was released at the Birmingham G8 Summit on May 16, 1998.

The Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime was adopted at the UN General Assembly's 94^th plenary meeting on December 23, 1994.

The UN Firearms Protocol was adopted in May 2001 and entered into force on July 3, 2005.

President Obama signed executive order 13581 blocking the property of certain transnational criminal organizations on July 25, 2011.

For all its goodwill, Invisible Children's "Kony 2012" film is dangerous propaganda, pure and simple, writes David Rieff at Foreign Policy. It's not a call to make a notorious celebrity out of Joseph Kony, he writes--it's a call to war.

This report of the United Nations Assessment Mission on Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea was released on January 18, 2012. The document was mandated by the UN Secretary-General, to report the "mission to the Gulf of Guinea to assess the scope of the threat of piracy in the region, and take stock of national and regional capacities to ensure maritime safety and security in the region and make recommendations for a possible United Nations response".

Joel D. Hirst says the Obama administration must move with urgency to secure the extradition of Walid Makled García "el Turco" from Colombia to the United States.

Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations discusses the diplomatic spat between the United States and Pakistan over U.S. Embassy employee Raymond Davis's arrest by Pakistani authorities on murder charges.

John B. Bellinger III discusses the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and argues that the United States should use its political capital to clarify the Conventions and make them applicable to modern warfare.

A global naval coalition has failed to halt Somali-based piracy. More effective would be a broader approach to maritime policing that integrates African authorities, writes CFR's Michael L. Baker.

The UN Security Council released Presidential Statement S/2009/PRST/4 regarding transnational crime on February 24, 2010.

Princeton Lyman addresses the complex issue of reparations for the millions of black South Africans who suffered under the apartheid regime.

Listen to John B. Bellinger III, Steven Simon, and Lydia Khalil consider the ramifications of the Justice department's controversial decision to prosecute suspected September 11th mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and his four alleged co-conspirators.