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CUS303 Transnational Crime (8)
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Students will be introduced to the relevant international instruments applying to transnational crime, together with an extensive range of transnational crime issues, including: the global illicit drug trade, trafficking in human beings and firearms, the financing of transnational crime and the role of technology in facilitating transnational crime. |
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | Centre for Customs and Excise Studies |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to analyse critically the issues that are influencing the growth of transnational crime and the approaches to counter that growth
- be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the multilateral instruments that have been developed to combat transnational crime;
- be able to research, identify and articulate the nature and key attributes of transnational crime groups
- be able to analyse manifestations of transnational crime including illicit drugs, human trafficking, firearms, cybercrime, money laundering and terrorist financing
- be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the policy responses to transnational crime issues
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- relevant international conventions, resolutions and recommendations as they apply to transnational crime
- factors contributing to the growth and success of transnational crime groups
- global and regional contexts of transnational crime
- organisation of transnational crime groups
- financing of transnational crime
- transnational crime and the threat to global and national security
- global illicit drug trade
- human trafficking
- firearms trafficking
- role of technology in facilitating and combating Transnational Crime
- emerging trends in transnational crime
- money laundering and fraud control
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
