GPM426 Terrorist Financing and Resourcing (8)

This subject examines the various mechanisms by which terrorist organisations and networks raise, transfer, and expend funds. It considers the broader topic of terrorist resourcing and the acquiring and maintaining of intangible resources necessary for the operation of a terrorist enterprise. Financing and resourcing from both operational and organizational perspectives are addressed, as is the centrality of transnational criminal activity, along with the existing approaches to the countering of these practices, including financial intelligence.

Availability

Session 2 (60)
Online
Canberra Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: GPM426. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to demonstrate specialised knowledge of current terrorist financing practices;
  • be able to demonstrate the capacity to research and analyse terrorist financing from local, regional, and international perspectives;
  • be able to analyse, consolidate, and synthesise historical and contemporary aspects of terrorist financing and resourcing;
  • be able to critically analyse the countering of terrorist financing, at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels, and evaluate the complexity of terrorist financing;
  • be able to communicate an understanding of key counter terrorist policies, practices and approaches to policy evaluation, to a variety of audiences; and
  • be able to make high level, independent assessments, and provide sophisticated, empirically based analysis of current and emergent terrorism financing threats in a scholarly, law enforcement, intelligence, military or other related contexts.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Understanding the Terrorist Enterprise: Operational and Organisational Funding
  • The Management Challenge: Organisational Structures and Challenges
  • The Cold War and State Sponsorship
  • Diversification and Privatisation of Terrorist Financing and Resourcing
  • Globalisation and Transnational Organised Crime (TOC)
  • Transnational Organised Crime and Terrorism

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of GPM426 in Session 1 2019. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Annotated bibliography and outline
20
2
Analysis paper
60
3
Blog post
20

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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