According to Jay Albanese, organized crime is an ongoing criminal enterprise that works rationally to produce profit through illicit demand-driven activities, where its existence is maintained through force, threats and corruption (Albanese 2004 ). When we look at transnational organized crime, we are referring to crimes that involve crossing national borders and individuals working in more than one country to carry out illicit commercial activities. I argue that political and systemic issues, as well as external influences, leave weaker governed countries more exposed to the risks of transnational organized crime. I will explore four different areas related to this topic to understand why these countries experience an abundance of transnational crime; how it has become available through globalization, whereby the world has become a smaller and smaller place; factors that allow countries to become more susceptible to criminal activity; the international moral panic that enables political control and global influence; and a link between organized crime and terrorism and its use in larger countries. This is an important topic because as the world shrinks, our connection to each other grows, and the influence we face could cause repercussions for all of us one day. The world is becoming a smaller and smaller place and through the efforts of individuals who wish to participate in illicit acts and affairs we are finding that technology offers new opportunities and advantages for their illicit activities (Williams 2002). I use the term globalization to refer to the ability we have today to communicate and travel rapidly in a global context. With the advent of globalization these experiences have been... at the center of the paper... and?" Trends in Organized Crime 8.3 (2005): 63-83. Hutchinson, Steven and Pat O'Malley. "A crime- terror? Reflecting on some of the links between terrorism and crime." Studies in Concept & Terrorism 30.12 (2007): 1095-107. Medina-Mora, Eduardo. "Organized Crime: The Dark Side of Globalization." (n.d.): 1-3Rothe, Dawn and Stephen L. Muzzatti. “Enemies Everywhere: Terrorism, Moral Panic, and American Civil Society.” Economics of Governance 2.3 (2001): 173-202."The Globallization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crie Threat Assessment." United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2007): 1-314.Williams, Phil "Organized Crime and Cybercrime: Implications for Business". (2002): 1-7.