Louise I. Shelley (Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University) has said: Transnational crime will be a defining issue of the 21st century for policymakers - as defining as the Cold War was for the 20th century and colonialism was for the 19th.
Louise I. Shelley, direktur Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center di George Mason University, mengatakan: Kejahatan transnasional akan menjadi isu terpenting bagi para pengambil keputusan abad ke-21 - sama pentingnya seperti Perang Dingin pada abad ke-20 dan kolonialisme pada abad ke-19.