In Europe, in Asia, in Africa and in America, the forces of darkness are at work and no society is spared ... transnational crime . . . undermines the very foundations of the international democratic order. [It] poisons the business climate, corrupts political leaders and undermines human rights.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, cited in Awake! magazine, 1995, 9/8, article: How Is Our World Today?