Transnational Threats Update February 2008 - Vol. 6, No. 02

In this issue:

• Drug War in Mexico Proving Violent, Ineffective
• UNODC Forecasts Bumper Afghan Opium Crop
• Human Trafficking Global Forum Held in Vienna
• Senior Hezbollah Leader Assassinated
• Gunmen Attack Israeli Embassy in Mauritania
• Chinese Hackers Target Australian Government
• Jemaah Islamiyah Leader Escapes Detention
• Cyber Crime 2008 Forecast
• Independent Kosovo, Crime, and Terrorism
• Credit Card Fraud Ring Disrupted
• Singapore’s Antiterrorist Funding Consortium
• Leaderless Jihad Models Radicalization
• Indian Ocean Rim Naval Symposium Held
• Rebel Leader Extradited for Arms Trafficking