Discuss the types of organised crimes. Describe the linkages between terrorists and organised crime that exist at the national and transnational levels.
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Drug trade to be uprooted by the end of 2029, says Home Minister · 23 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the body
Illustrates drug trafficking as a bridge between organised crime networks and terror financing.
- Drug money funds militancy in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and insurgency in the North-East.
- The ANTF chiefs' conference held sessions on dismantling trafficking networks and cartels, precursor and synthetic drugs, and darknet and cryptocurrency investigations.
- India lies between the Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle, and methamphetamine from Myanmar is harder to trace than plant-based drugs.
Indonesia prepares to take back five baby orangutans rescued in Odisha's Balasore · 12 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
The Balasore case is a recent example of organised transnational wildlife trafficking, one type of organised crime operating across borders.
- Five baby orangutans, suspected by Indonesia to be from Sumatra, were rescued in Balasore, Odisha; the case is being examined as possible 'organised transnational wildlife trafficking'.
- Indonesia has asked India for the suspected trafficking route, including entry points into India and any transit countries, which remain unknown.
- Orangutans are on CITES Appendix I, which bans commercial trade; India enforces CITES through the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, amended in 2022 to add a CITES schedule.
Op-ed: To protect tigers, track wildlife crime beyond reserve boundaries · 30 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Use tiger trafficking as an example of transnational organised crime with layered supply chains and financiers, illustrating the national and cross-border dimension of organised crime.
- TRAFFIC recorded 2,551 tiger seizures involving at least 3,808 tigers from January 2000 to June 2025; India had the most among range countries, 880 incidents involving 981 tigers.
- Whole tigers rose from about 10% of seizures in the 2000s to about 40% from 2020, indicating organised supply chains running from poacher to middlemen, transporters, online sellers and buyers across borders.
- The op-ed calls for intelligence-led, multi-agency enforcement that targets financial networks and high-level organisers rather than only low-level poachers.