Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / Shiro Okubo and Louise Shelley -- Globalization, human security, and the right to live in peace / Shiro Okubo -- Human security objectives and the fight against transnational organized crime and terrorism / Yvon Dandurand and Vivienne Chin -- Transnational organized crime : the German response / Hans-Joerg Albrecht -- International organized crime operating in Western Europe : the judicial and police approach against organized crime in the European Union / Joaqu©Un Gonz©Llez Ib©L©lez -- Crime in Japan and its relation to international organized crime / Kan Ueda -- Drug trafficking in Korea / Sung-Kwon Cho -- International trafficking : an important component of transnational crime / Louise Shelley -- Foreign women's life and work in the entertainment sector of Korea from the human trafficking perspective / Dong-Hoon Seol and Geon-Soo Han -- Trafficking in persons in the Americas : an overview / John T. Picarelli -- The EU combat against illegal immigration, smuggling, and trafficking in human beings : its impact on Spanish law / Emiliano Garc©Ua Coso -- Japanese experience and response in combating trafficking / Atsushi Kondo -- The trafficking of Thai women to Japan and countermeasures of the Thai government / Yuriko Saito