Transnational Crime in the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia in the Context of Regional and National Security

This article is devoted to the problem of little studied, and at the same time, extremely relevant - the activities of transnational criminal groups in the countries of Northeast Asia and the territory of the Russian Far East. The object of the study is the activities of transnational criminal groups in Northeast Asia and the Russian Far East. The subject of the study is the impact that such activities have on regional security in Northeast Asia, as well as on the national level of individual countries. The author has used the comparative method, which allowed us to compare the situation in different countries of the region, as well as the role and influence of organized criminal groups of different countries on the overall situation and the state of security; the method of logical analysis, which allowed us to analyze ambiguous, contradictory processes, in particular on the territory of Japan; the historical-genetic method, which allowed us to trace the origins of modern processes in this sphere. As well as the impact that this activity has on regional security in Northeast Asia, as well as at the national level of individual countries. The phenomenon of organized crime and transnational crime is not fundamentally new. However, with the onset of modern globalization processes, it has acquired previously unprecedented scales, forms, and consequences. Globalization has led not to only positive developments, open markets and the emergence of a large number of opportunities, but also to a number of negative aspects. Illegal formations received a huge number of opportunities for development and growth. Moreover, this has found a very serious reflection in the state of security of individual countries, as well as with access to the regional and global level.