1. Transnational Crime & Globalization

2. 5 Main Categories What is it? Organized Crime Counterfeit Goods
Environmental Crime
Human Trafficking
Smuggling of Migrants
Categories not mutually exclusive

3. Organized Crime 2 Kinds 1) Crime groups Mafias, gangs, cartels
Cyberterrorists
Pirates
Counterfeiters
Traffickers
Japan’s Yamaguchi Gumi, the Yakuza

4. Organized Crime (cont.)
2) Illicit markets
Consumer goods
Conflict goods
Diamonds, cocoa beans, ivory, etc.
Drugs
Heroin, cocaine, etc.
Firearms
Criminal
Political

6. Counterfeit Goods 2 Types Consumer goods Medicines
Foods, electronics, perfumes, bootlegs
Medicines

7. Counterfeit Goods (cont.)
Issues:
Violate IPR
Can be dangerous

8. Environmental Crime Resource trafficking Illegal dumping Timber
Wildlife
Animal parts
Live exotic animals
Banned foods
Shark fins, frogs, etc.
Illegal dumping
Hazardous waste
E-waste
Garbage

9. Human Trafficking Prostitution Slave labor Indentured servants
Nannies, housekeepers, etc.
For organs

10. Smuggling of Migrants For labor Forced
Tech, garment, fishing, agriculture
Illegal immigrant labor
Political refugees
Asylum seekers
Civil war migration

11. Key UN Agencies Human Trafficking Variety of Trafficking Issues
UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking
Int’l Labor Organization
Int’l Org. for Migration
Variety of Trafficking Issues
UN Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC)
INTERPOL
Trafficking of Goods
World Customs Organization
World Intellectual Property Org. (WIPO)
Convention on Int’l Trade in Endangered Species

12. GN Agencies EUROPOL EU Observatory on Counterfeiting & Piracy
US State Dept.: Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons
UK Human Trafficking Centre

13. Recap 5 types of crimes Globalization facilitates crime IGOs
Fighting crime: Int’l law issues
State sovereignty

14. Part I: Write Questions/Answers
Write 2 Q/As for each of the following topics, based on the videos/readings: Counterfeit merchandise, illegal drugs, endangered species, human trafficking, money laundering.
Write 2 substantive questions for each of the topics
For each question, answer your questions by bullet pointing the key aspects that address the issues raised in the question.
2 general Q/As that discuss transnational crime and trafficking in a broad sense
For Part I, you will have a total of 12 Q/As.
10 Q/A for the topics; 2 general Q/As
Answers to the following three questions:
Part II: Answer these questions
1) How does globalization facilitate transnational crime?
2) How is global consumerism directly tied to globalized crime?
3) Why is transnational crime difficult to address?
Submitting your paper
Bring a printed, stapled, double-spaced copy of your paper to class. Arriving late to class will result in 10% deduction. No papers will be accepted after this time (which overrides the course syllabus policy).