CJE 3263 - International Organized Crime

College of Public Safety Administration

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Summer 2012 (455)

Requisites

Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS)

Course Description

This course will provide the student with an awareness of the impact of international gangs, organized crime and terrorism on the United States and globally. The student will examine the undermining of nations’ financial institutions, homeland security and global networking capabilities of international gangs, organized crime and terrorist groups. The student will analyze the historical and regulatory factors that contributed to creating domestic and international gangs and organized crime in Eastern Europe and Asia, and the impact of organized crime groups, particularly Italian, Asian, Russian, Israeli, Albanian, Colombian, Mexican, African, Canadian and outlaw motorcycle gangs. The course will deal with international issues including money laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, contract assassinations, transnational terrorism, arms trafficking, cyberspace fraud and corruption of political and police officials.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will describe the historical and foundational philosophies of domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups by:
    1. analyzing the socio-economic and political factors that promulgated the emergence of international and domestic gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups in various countries.
    2. analyzing the structure, hierarchy, restrictive membership, beliefs and motives of domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups and the methods utilized to execute their criminal activities.
    3. evaluating the reasons why international and domestic gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups have secrecy, code of conduct and non-traditional values that support group cohesion and their criminal activities.
  2. The student will assess how domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups impact financial institutions and homeland security through global networking capabilities and an array of criminal activities by:
    1. comparing and contrasting the extent of various countries’ adoption of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations and its affect on detecting, investigating and prosecuting money laundering.
    2. analyzing the three components of the money laundering process that must be fulfilled to defraud financial institutions.
    3. evaluating the strategies, methods and technology utilized by domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups to conduct crimes that impact or threaten international and homeland security.
    4. analyzing the cultural relationships and networking capabilities within and amongst domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups in conducting criminal activities.
  3. The student will evaluate the regulations, public policy and ideologies of countries surrounding international money laundering through financial institutions, massive importation and exportation of illegally obtained dollars and the impact on the global economy by:
    1. assessing the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. and international financial institutions’ regulatory and public policies before and after 9/11.
    2. analyzing the role of offshore financial centers (OFC) in massive importation and exportation of illegally obtained dollars and the difficulties these centers create in the battle against international money laundering.
    3. comparing and contrasting money laundering with terrorist financing and their impact on the global economy.
  4. The student will generalize the international issues of money laundering, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, cyberspace fraud, kidnapping, contract assassinations and political and police corruption that enable domestic and international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorist groups to profit from these criminal acts and enable these criminal groups to become international criminal entrepreneurs by:
    1. examining the geographical importance of Mexico and the patterns and practices of criminal groups in the trafficking of narcotics, humans and arms from Colombia for distribution in the United States.
    2. investigating patterns and practices of gangs from Italy that have been organized to commit traditional Mafia crimes and modern cyber crimes.
    3. investigating patterns and practices of gangs from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam that have been organized to commit narcotics trafficking, money laundering and prostitution.
    4. investigating patterns and practices of gangs from Russia and Albania that have been organized to commit arms trading of military equipment, fraud, drug trafficking and money laundering.
    5. investigating patterns and practices of gangs from Israeli and Africa, the emphasis on profit and not family relationships by Israeli gangs and the victimization of these countries by other organized crime groups and terrorists.
    6. investigating patterns and practices of outlaw motorcycle gangs that have organized to commit drug trafficking and their loyalty to the gang and its turf, without hesitation of the use of violence.
    7. examining why Canada’s strong support of human rights has created a haven for international gangs, organized crime groups and terrorists and a strategic point for the transit and source of illegal products and services.
    8. analyzing the impact and extent of political and police corruption in facilitating international crime and protecting criminals from detection and prosecution.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 7/10/07, BOT 8/21/07 Effective 20071(0385) Submitted as 3XXX; State assigned #. C&I 4/14/09, BOT 5/19/09, Eff 20083
C&I Approval: 10/14/2011, BOT Approval: 02/01/2011, Effective Term: Summer 2012 (455)