Session
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Session Focus
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Reading and other assignments
NOTE: All readings are to be done
BEFORE THE SUBSEQUENT CLASS.
They are all available on Moodle
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WK 1A
21 SEPT
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Introduction to the course
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Naim, M. “Global smugglers are changing your world”
On Moodle
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WK 1B
23 SEPT
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Defining and Measuring Transnational Organized Crime
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United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) (esp p5-12)
On Moodle
http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/TOC%20Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf
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WK 2A
28 SEPT
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Liquid crime: Globalization and its deviances
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Standing, A. (2011) Transnational Organized Crime and the Palermo Convention: A Reality Check
On Moodle
http://www.ipinst.org/2011/01/transnational-organized-crime-and-the-palermo-convention-a-reality-check
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WK 2B
30 SEPT
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Practices and theories of transnational organized crime
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EUROPOL (2020) Pandemic profiteering.
On Moodle
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WK 2C
FRIDAY MAKE-UP DAY
2 OCT
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Cont’d
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EUROPOL (2017) Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment
On Moodle
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WK 3A
5 OCT
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Money laundering, the ‘clean’ economy and ‘gray’ economies
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Levi (2014) Money laundering
On Moodle
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WK 3B
7 OCT
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Money laundering cont’d
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EUROPOL (2019) Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment
On Moodle
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WK 4A
12 OCT
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Cybercrimes
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Do graded assignment 1 for Wednesday
Watch cybercrimes documentary (link on Moodle)
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WK 4B
14 OCT
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Cont’d
Submit graded assignment 1
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Watch counterfeiting documentary (link on Moodle)
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WK 5A
19 OCT
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Counterfeits and Intellectual Property Crimes
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Kleemans (2014) Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime File
On Moodle
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WK 5B
21 OCT
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Counterfeits cont’d
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ATHAR (2019) Facebook's black market in antiquities
On Moodle
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WK 6A
26 OCT
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Trafficking in art and antiquities cont'd
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Work on outline for Research Project
(Guidelines on Moodle)
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WK 6B
28 OCT
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Cont'd
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Explore and gather appropriate data (and methodology issues) from migrationdataportal.org
(Instructions on Moodle)
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WK7A
2 NOV
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Human smuggling
Research project outlines due !!!!
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Goździak & Vogel (2020) Palermo at 20: A Retrospective and Prospective File
On Moodle
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WK 7B
4 NOV
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Trafficking in persons
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Pietrobon (2016) Challenges in Implementing the European Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs File
On Moodle
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WK 7C
FRIDAY
6 NOV
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Organ trafficking
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Do graded assignment 2 for Monday
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WK 8A
9 NOV
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Cocaine trafficking: global routes and methods
Submit graded assignment 2
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UNODC (2020) World Drug Report
On Moodle
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WK 8B
11 NOV
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Heroin and opiates. Links to state weakness
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Guardian (2019) How the heroin trade explains the UK/US failure in Afghanistan
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistan
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WK 9A
16 NOV
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Synthetic drugs markets
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Meehan (2011) Drugs, insurgency and state-building in Burma File
On Moodle
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WK 9B
18 NOV
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Cannabis
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Watch waste trafficking documentaries.
(Links on Moodle)
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WK 10A
23 NOV
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Environmental Crimes:
The illegal waste trade
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UNODC (2020) World Wildlife Crime report
On Moodle
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WK 10B
25 NOV
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Wildlife crimes
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Finish research projects to submit on Monday.
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WK 11A
30 NOV
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Crime, insurgency and state weakness
Final research projects due
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Asal, V., Milward, H., & Schoon, E. (2015). When terrorists go bad: Analyzing terrorist organizations’ involvement in drug smuggling.
On Moodle
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WK 11B
2 DEC
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Cont’d
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Europol (2020) Beyond the Pandemic
On Moodle
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WK 12A
7 DEC
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Fighting global crime: State of the art and best practice
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Global Initiative (2020). Reforming the response. What does Black Lives Matter tell us about tackling organized crime?
On Moodle
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WK 12B
9 DEC
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Cont’d
Preparing for final exam
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FINAL
EXAM
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