Discuss the United States' approach to combat transnational crime.

Recently, the Obama Administration unveiled its "strategy"
to approach Transnational Organized Crime (TOC).  Essentially, it calls for specific
actions to be taken to help on both proactive and reactive levels.  On the side of the
former, the Obama Administration has pledged to:

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Help partner countries strengthen governance and
transparency, break the corruptive power of transnational criminal networks, and sever
state-crime alliances.

This
move is designed to ensure that the TOC's toxic impact of graft and corrupting the
democratic process in partner nations is minimized.  The administration argued that
bribery and corruption are the primary reasons for TOC driven activities.  Once an
organization is able to infiltrate a governmental agency, then transnational crime
becomes easier to facilitate because of the access to governmental power.  The Obama
Administration recognizes this end and pledged to help minimize its impact, by
strengthening democratic institutions that might be susceptible to
corruption.

On a reactive end, the Administration has
enacted laws that will allow the United States to deny entrance to those who are found
to have participated or have ties to TOC:

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A new Presidential Proclamation under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) will deny entry to transnational criminal aliens
and others who have been targeted for financial
sanctions.

In this, the reactive
element of preventing entry is evident.  The administration has argued that both aspects
are needed in order to fully remedy the challenging issue of TOC.  In this, one sees how
the effort to combat the issue has taken on both forms.