The Initiative Against Illicit Finance

  Understanding The relationship between Transnational Organized Crime and Conflict The relationship between transnational organized crime and conflict cannot be fully exhausted without understanding its meaning, its forms, its threat and how it facilitates or fuels conflict and vice versa. Giving us a brief history, the legal definition of transnational crimes comes from the United Nations Convention Against Organized crime (UNTOC) or Palermo convention, because it was concluded in Italy. According to Article 3 sub article 2 of this convention, an offense is considered transnational if it satisfies a number of these four alternatives, according to Dr. Constance Gikonyo an advocate and senior lecturer at the university of Nairobi.   “If a crime is committed in more than one state it is transnational, or if an offense is committed in one state but a substantial part of its preparation, planning direction or control takes place in another state, or if an offense is committed...