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 1 A
5 Sept
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Introduction to the course
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· Albanese, J. S. (2015). Organized crime : from the mob to transnational organized crime (7th ed.). Routledge. Chapter 1
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WK 1 B
7 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)
· Global Initiative (2020) The Promise of Palermo
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WK 2 A
12 Sept
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Liquid crime: Globalization and its deviances
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· Shapiro, D. M. (2021). The gig mafia : How small networks and high-speed digital funds transfers have changed the face of organized crime. Business Expert Press. Chapter 2
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WK 2 B
14 Sept
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Practices and theories of transnational organized crime
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· Global Initiative: Video on Criminal Contagion: How Mafias, Gangsters and Scammers profit from a Pandemic
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WK 3 A
19 Sept
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Money laundering, the ‘clean’ economy and ‘gray’ economies
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· Hobbs and Antonopoulos (2014) How to Research Organized Crime In Paoli, L. (Ed.). (2014). The oxford handbook of organized crime. Oxford University Press.
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WK 3 B
21 Sept
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Money laundering cont’d
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· Pol, Ronald F. (2020) Anti-money laundering: The world's least effective policy experiment? Together, we can fix it, Policy Design and Practice, 3:1, 73-94
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WK 4 A
26 Sept
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Cybercrimes
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· Europol (2021), Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA)
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WK 4 B
28 Sept
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Cont’d
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· Do graded assignment 1 for Monday
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WK 5 A
3 Oct
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Counterfeits and Intellectual Property Crimes
Submit graded assignment 1
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· Watch counterfeiting documentary (link on Moodle)
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WK 5 B
5 Oct
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Counterfeits cont’d
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· Antonopoulos, G. A. et al (2019). The nature and dynamics of the counterfeiting business In Fake goods, real money: The counterfeiting business and its financial management. Polity.
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WK 6 A
10 Oct
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Trafficking in art and antiquities cont'd
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· ATHAR (2019) Facebook's black market in antiquities
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WK 6 B
12 Oct
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Cont'd
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· Polner, M. (2019) Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects: A Supply Chain Perspective. In Hufnagel, S., & Chappell, D. The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime.
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WK 7 A
17 Oct
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Human smuggling
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· Work on outline for Research Project (Guidelines on Moodle)
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WK 7 B
19 Oct
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Trafficking in persons
Research project outlines due !!!!
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· Read Executive Summary UNODC Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2020
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WK 8 A
24 Oct
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Trafficking cont’d
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· Mehlman-Orozco, K. (June 01, 2020). Projected heroes and self-perceived manipulators: understanding the duplicitous identities of human traffickers. Trends in Organized Crime, 23, 2, 95-114.
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WK 8 B
26 Oct
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Organ trafficking
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· Kleemans (2014) Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime
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WK 9 A
31 Oct
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Cocaine trafficking: global routes and methods
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· Global Initiative (2021) The Cocaine Pipeline to Europe
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WK 9 B
2 Nov
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Heroin and opiates
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· Do graded assignment 2 for Monday
· Watch documentary on Moodle
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WK 10 A
7 Nov
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Submit graded assignment 2
Drugs cont’d
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· Guardian (2019) How the heroin trade explains the UK/US failure in Afghanistan
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WK 10 B
9 Nov
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Synthetic drugs markets
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· UNODC World Drug Report Booklet 3
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WK 11 A
14 Nov
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Cannabis
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· Watch waste trafficking documentaries. (Links on Moodle)
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WK 11 B
16 Nov
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Environmental Crimes:
The illegal waste trade
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· UNODC (2020) World Wildlife Crime report
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WK 12 A
21 Nov
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Wildlife crimes
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· Wyatt, T., van, U. D., & Nurse, A. (May 11, 2020). Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime. Trends in Organized Crime, 23, 4, 350-366.
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WK 12 B
23 Nov
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Crime, insurgency and state weakness
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· Finish research papers
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WK 13 A
28 Nov
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Fighting global crime: State of the art and best practice
Final research projects due
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· Global Initiative (2019). Fragmented But Far-Reaching. The UN System’s mandate and response to organized crime
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WK 13 B
30 Nov
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Cont’d
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· Global Initiative (2020). Reforming the response. What does Black Lives Matter tell us about tackling organized crime?
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WK 14 A
5 Dec
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Honors Student presentations
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WK 14 B
7 Dec
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Honors Student presentations
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FINAL EXAM
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