US mainland, EU archipelago? Convergence and divergence on transnational organized crime

EU initiatives along the ‘cocaine routes’ to Europe: Fighting drug trafficking and terrorism by proxy?

“…75 The same is the case for the EU's fight against transnational organized crime, which has traditionally followed an 'administrative model' emphasizing prevention and the rule of law. 76 However, the latter is changing, and a new European crime control model and security identity are said to be emerging, with a renewed focus on law enforcement and intelligence. 77 Aldrich and rees attribute the divergence in EU and US policies and approaches to historically determined strategic cultures.…”

“…4 'Unconventional' security threats have increasingly been conceptualized as external threats to the EU's internal security. 5 The EU has reiterated the need to tackle 'root causes' of such threats beyond EU borders through cooperation with third countries, 6 preventing the spillover or transit of threats into the EU. Since addressing internal security issues pertains primarily to the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) domain of EU policy rather than to the CSDP domain, the importance of tackling threats at their roots in third countries has propelled the creation of an external dimension of JHA.…”