While state political regulations strive to maintain sovereignty, states have long recognized their interdependence in monitoring transnational illegal activities (Gerspacher 2009). Transnational crime has long been a major obstacle to policing efforts. The far-reaching effects of globalization, global political and economic changes, technological advancements, security challenges and the implications of climate change have all helped to influence the crime environment and make the job of maintaining security order in the community more difficult than ever (Keelty 2007). According to Hills (2009), there is a widely shared belief that international police forces must cooperate if they are to respond effectively to crime and insecurity facilitated by globalization. Operation Cathedral and the Solomon Islands Peacekeeping Operation will be explored to illustrate the negative and positive consequences of participating in international policing operations. According to Sycamnias (1999), international policing is the term used for legal interaction and participation on a global scale by a variety of law enforcement agencies, in order to better develop and preserve systems of individual jurisdictional justice. International police operations indeed give new meaning to the expression “the long arm of the law”. Under normal conditions, countries only have the power to control activities that take place within their sovereign territorial borders (Sycamnias 1999). International policing allows for joint intervention by countries in which crimes began or took place. According to the United Nations Department of Public Information (2002), at a very simple level, transnational criminal groups deal with human beings, part...... middle of document ......e', International Peacekeeping, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 569-583.• United Nations Department of Public Information 2002, Draft United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, visited May 10, 2010.• UNODC 2010, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, visited on May 13. 2010, .• Wainwright, E 2003, 'Responding to state failure – the case of Australia and the Solomon Islands', Australian Journal of International Affair, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 485-498.• Wallis, J 2006, 'A 'helpem fren' in need...Evaluation of the regional assistance mission to the Solomon Islands', Security Challenges, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 81-98. • Williams, P, 2002, Organized crime and cybercrime: implications for business, Carnegie, Mellon University