Topic:
Country: Mongolia
Delegate Name: Harini Manikandan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ORGANIZATIONS
The State of Mongolia
Harini Manikandan
City High Middle School
The State of Mongolia recognizes the significance of transnational crime organizations and believes in stopping this issue in the quickest and most effective way possible. Big criminal groups across the world partake in drug trafficking, cybercrime, money laundering, human trafficking, and weapons smuggling. These crimes earn billions of dollars and harm millions of innocent people. According to the IMF in 2022, there will be more than $3.6 trillion dollars lost due to corruption, crime, and tax evasion. No matter the country, transnational crime is prevalent, and it must be stopped.
To stop these issues, the UN has led many major international agreements, with many of them being signed by Mongolia. The UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime from 2000 is one of the leaders in worldwide crime legislation. Many other agreements exist, but the issue is still prevalent. Mongolia has taken national steps to stop these host of issues, like creating more laws to stop human trafficking, increasing border security, and creating task forces to stop corruption.
Transnational crime cannot be fit neatly into boxes. It is a diverse issue and it requires more than one solution. The State of Mongolia suggests an increase in information sharing between countries, as collaboration is needed to decrease trafficking across borders. Mongolia pushes for the UN to also lead sanctions on banks that help criminals launder money. In the end, Mongolia wants a balance between an United Nations approach and individual efforts to stop this issue.
