### Question
What does transnational threat mean?


### Answer
**Transnational threat** has the following meaning in *50 U.S.C. § 402*:

> the following:


(A) Any transnational activity (including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, and organized crime) that threatens the national security of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 402*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-NATIONAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER I-COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY**

