| The various existing international organizations created to multilaterally address the problem of transnational crime were examined. A model of effectiveness was directed at the various roles Interpol, the United Nations Drug Control Program and Europol have assumed as a result of the implementation of international arrangements.; The directorate of Interpol and Europol was interviewed, via face-to-face interviews, to determine the approaches adopted by each organization to facilitate international police cooperation amongst their respective memberships. The interviews were set up as open discussion forums in which accounts of challenges, constraints and limitations of a variety of sources were provided to demonstrate the obstacles to international police cooperation and how the respective organizations are structured to assist the membership. The programs and services offered by each organization were then categorized under specific roles including raising concern, building capacity and solving contracting.; The findings revealed that international organizations created to facilitate interstate cooperation in the fight against transnational crime assume different combinations of the roles necessary for effectiveness. Focus on police cooperation, a broad mandate that encompasses all forms of transnational crime, influence on national policy, membership and organizational structure were found to be the most significant indicators of effectiveness. Moreover, the concern raising and capacity building functions were found to be a requirement to contracting without being the mandated role of any of the IOs studied. Without assuming roles that provide a foundation for state participation in an international system of cooperation, solving the cooperation problems through solving contracting problems is difficult to achieve on a systematic basis. |
