First, find a recent (published within the last year) news article about a transnational crime impacting the US that interests you. Then, watch the two TED talks about transnational organized crime below.
https://hls.ted.com/talks/633.m3u8?preroll=newshortintro_053119&qr
Finally, write an essay explaining the news article you found and how it relates to the specifics from the two videos on transnational organized crime you watched.