Objectives and competences
International threats, especially threats of organised crime will be presented to students. They will analyze contemporary and traditional groups of organised crime and their activities. They will be acquainted also with some indicators according to which they will be able to recognize organised crime groups. They will became familiar with the legal bases for prosecuting criminals in international crime groups. Through the analyses of strategy and tactics of detection of criminal activities, they will get knowledge of tools for processing the collected data and for planning the investigation.
Students will analyze cases of transnational crime and try to find some solutions.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Organised crime, notion, definition, international elements
• Characteristics of organised crime
• Laws, conventions and other international instruments concerning organised crime
• Forms of organised crime
• Slovenia and organised crime
• Transnational crime
• Mafia and it’s origin
• Organised crime groups in the world
• Other groups of organised crime
• Organised crime in cyberspace
• llicit drugs and organised crime
• Counterfeit medicines and organised crime
• Smuggling and organised crime
• Trafficking in weapons and explosives and organised crime
• Balkan route
• Illegal migrations and organised crime
• Human trafficking and organised crime
• Child exploitation and organised crime
• Property crime and organised crime
• Terrorism and organised crime
• Detection and criminal investigation of organised crime
• Undercover operations
• Proving of organised crime
• Digital evidence and proving of organised crime in cyberspace
• Fight against organised crime
Learning and teaching methods
The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, discussions, documentary films, individual and group work, individual performances by students with presentations of individual topics.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The course is designed to provide understanding and interpretation of organised crime groups and their activities, and to apply this knowledge to domestic environment. Students will be able to compare different problems and evaluate their positive and negative effects.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Collecting, analyzing, and application of documents on particular topics.
Readings
• Dobovšek, B. (1997). Organizirani kriminal. Unigraf.
• Dobovšek, B. (2012). Transnacionalna kriminaliteta. Fakulteta za varnostne vede UM.
Prerequisits
The students should possess or gain the knowledge in: criminal investigation, penal law and procedural criminal law, criminology, basisc of information security, psychology, economic crime etc. It is necessary for a student to master at least one foreign language, and to be familiar with the World Wide Web for accessing databases and legislative acts.
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