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The Case of Bangladesh D National Se Globalization, Local Crimes and National Security: The Case of Bangladesh Submitted by: Md. Ruhul Amin Sarkar Session: 149/2014-2015 Department: International Relations University of Dhaka. P a g e | 1 Abstract Globalization has become one of the most significant phenomena in the world since the end of the cold war. Globalization especially the economic globalization has brought about new opportunities and opened dynamic windows for the people of the world based on the notion of liberalism, free market, easy access of goods and services. Although globalization has brought about some positive gains for individuals and society, it has caused negative impacts on the society called ‘the dark side of globalization’. It has created complex and multifaceted security problems and threats to the countries especially the developing countries like Bangladesh. Globalization has changed the nature and dynamics of crime although crime is not a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. The nature or pattern of crime has changed remarkably with the advent of globalization, modern technology and various modern devices, which pose serious security threats to the individuals, society and the country. Globalization has created easy access to conducting illegal trade such as small arms, illegal drugs and human trafficking and some violent activities such as kidnapping, theft, murder, around the world as well as in Bangladesh. It has developed the new trends of crimes, gun violence, drugs crime, and increasing number of juvenile convicts and heinous crimes committed in Bangladesh. Over the years, the number of organized murder crimes is increasing along with rape cases and pretty nature of crimes with the advent of globalization and information technology. The nature of offenders and instruments has also changed significantly. Global black market of small arms, narcotics and drugs has made the criminal’s instruments and ideas available in many countries. Bangladesh is no exception to it. The study has identified the changing aspects of local crimes, nature of offenders, types of instruments and modus operandi of crime with the advent of globalization and its impact on national security of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Institutional Repository P a g e | 2 Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Background Changing nature of crimes has received wider attention in recent years due to its adverse impact on individuals as well as on the society as a whole, which is substantially linked with the processes of globalization. Crimes are always harmful to human beings and it affects people physically, mentally and economically. It is also detrimental to the national security of any country around the world. Consequences of traditional local crimes have become a serious concern in society as modern instruments of committing crimes have been available in the era of globalization. However, it has been observed that the ‘dark sides of globalization’ have contributed to the changing nature of local crimes and the consequences have no longer been confined to causing only physical, mental and economic damages of people. The nature of crime has been changed significantly in a single generation and crimes are not only threat to law, order and justice but also very much detrimental to the security of people (Zedner, 2008: 34). One way to understand the changing nature of conventional crimes and its security ramification is to examine cases of murder, terrorism, robbery and rape-offence around the globe and there have been extensive research works regarding terrorism, drug-crimes and many other organized crimes. Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Joan E. Foltz, John Jackson, and Amy Oberg, showed that dark side of globalization has become one of the prominent factors in changing the traditional nature of crimes and crimes have become uniformed throughout the world (Stephen Aguilar-Millan et al, 2008: 4). Similarly, Lucia Zedner showed that the growth of security as a key subject of criminological analysis (Zedner, 2009: 13). In particular, they have considered new trends of violent crimes, gun violence, drug-crimes and crime rates; the impacts of increasing numbers of juvenile-convicts; the impact of globalization on crimes and growing number of heinous crimes committed by the first-offenders. Information-technology has revolutionized the global communication system. It has offered new opportunities and generated different scopes for illegal arms market and illicit drug trading. Global black market of small arms, narcotics and drugs has made Dhaka University Institutional Repository P a g e | 3 these available in many countries. Sophisticated common drugs have become available in all countries as carrying drugs by air-bus is an easy task at the age of globalization. Millions of people are suffering from different types of crimes throughout the world and these got a uniform shape. Traditional crimes have become modified with the influence of negative forces of globalization. Many states been continuously fighting for many years against crimes like murder, terrorism, and drug related crimes and internal security of these states are at a stake because of havoc of crimes. This is a very classic feature of every state to prevent and detect crimes as well as criminals. Drug and small arms related crimes have become one of the major internal hazards for many countries. Generally crimes are conceived as prejudicial for the people and predictably crimes victimize people bodily, psychologically and financially. No one can deny the as usual impact of crimes and has become terribly infuriated as modern instruments of committing crimes have been available in the era of globalization. In many countries the heinous crimes have been increased and petty-nature of crimes has been decreased. For example; drug related crimes, serious violent crimes and murder have become constant threats to the internal stability and security of many countries around the globe. One person is murdered every sixty seconds and one person dies in armed conflict in every one hundred seconds (World Health Organization, 2000:11). Overall, WHO estimated that 1.6 million people met premature and violent deaths in 2000. Physical, sexual and psychological abuse related crime occurs in every country on a daily basis, undermining the security and well-being of many millions of people. The report said an estimated 520,000 people were murdered in 2000- excluding unlawful deaths disguised as accidents or natural causes. For every person who was murdered from heinous crimes, 20-40 others were hospitalized with injuries caused by the same incidents. The death toll included 199,000 people aged 10-29 who were killed by other young people- often because of alcohol and drug abuse or easy access to firearms. An estimated 57,000 young children died from physical abuse in 2004 (ILO, 2007: 32). Another research showed that in 2015, 2.1 million people aged 12 or older died from drug addiction and 138.3 million people were addicted to drugs and alcohol. In 48 surveys from around the world, up to 69% of women reported being physically or sexually assaulted by an intimate male partner at some point in their lives and as many as Dhaka University Institutional Repository P a g e | 4 20% of women were sexually abused as children (The Associated Press, 2009:12). Many factors have contributed to the increasing numbers of crimes throughout the globe. ‘Dark side of globalization’ is one of the notorious factors which have made this horrific situation of conventional crimes and this shocking situation has been exacerbated for the last two decades. Traditionally, crimes are always harmful to human being and the conventional impacts of crimes victimize people physically, mentally and economically. Impact of conventional local crimes has become dreadfully furious as modern instruments of committing crimes have been available in the era of globalization. As a result, the nature of crime has been changed significantly in a single generation and crimes have been emerged with some extra-judicial impacts which are detrimental to the security of people. Globalization has already become a pervasive phenomenon and factor for almost every aspects of the society. We get the touches of globalization in every sphere of our social, political economic and cultural life and economic and cultural globalization has become more prominent than any other aspects. As a result, we have noticed some changes as well as transitions of our traditional, economic and cultural life-style. Many people believe that purchasing a new gadget or other piece of merchandise will improve their quality of life. Consumer culture has imposed huge pressure on people to the endless and needless consumption. As a result, they do not buy thing for its value but just buy things for peer pressure or as symbols of status which encourages people to overspend. It is also associated with greed, and may create a vicious cycle wherein an individual repeatedly buys things to be happy or keep up with neighbors. It leads to a psycho-social philia to manage money at ‘any how or at any cost’. Young people commonly believe that purchasing a new gadget or other piece of merchandise will improve their quality of life which encourages them sometimes to follow illicit paths to manage money, IT-Gadgets and other valuables. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology (Giddens, 200: 23). Examples include the transnational flows of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, organized crimes, money laundering, and transnational murders are the most remarkable crimes in Bangladesh. Dhaka University Institutional Repository P a g e | 5 Criminogenic expansion within the country is one of the major aspects of dark side of globalization (Heine and Thakur, 2011: 132). The dark side of Globalization is the negative forces unleashed as a result of the compression of space and time made possible by modern technology.
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