The Mediterranean matters - More than before

Organised crime, it seems, knows no boundaries. The United Nations Conventi on against Transnational Crime, now open for signature, poses a difficult s et of challenges to governments seeking to combat organised networks of an increasingly global nature. One such challenge is to the European Union's M editerranean security policy, currently in flux. If illegal activities whic h begin in China end up in Casablanca, Gibraltar or New York, does it still make sense to try and contain them within the Mediterranean basin alone? C an Europe ignore the corruption, poverty and violence in which global crime thrives?