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        • Organized Crime
          • Module 1: Definitions of Organized Crime
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          • Module 2: Organizing the Commission of Crimes
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          • Module 3: Organized Crime Markets
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          • Module 4: Infiltration in Business & Government
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 5: Measuring Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 6: Causes and Facilitating Factors
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 7: Models of Organized Criminal Groups
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Core Reading
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          • Module 8: Law Enforcement Tools
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Core Reading
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          • Module 9: Prosecution Strategies
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 10: Sentencing and Confiscation
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 11: International Cooperation
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 13: Cyber Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Core Reading
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          • Module 14: Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 15: Gender and Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 16: Linkages between Organized Crime and Terrorism
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
        • Trafficking in Persons & Smuggling of Migrants
          • Teaching Guide
          • Module 1: Migrant Smuggling as a Specific Crime Type
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 2: Protection of Rights of Smuggled Migrants
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 3: Criminal Justice Response to Migrant Smuggling
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 4: Prevention and Non-Criminal Justice Responses to Migrant Smuggling
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 5: Smuggling of Migrants in the Broader Context of Migration and its Drivers
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Additional Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 6: Defining the Concept of Trafficking in Persons
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 7: Prevention of Trafficking in Persons
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 8: Human Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking in Persons
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 9: Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 10: Role of Civil Society and the Private Sector in Countering Trafficking in Persons
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
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          • Module 11: SOM & TIP - Differences and Commonalities
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
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          • Module 12: Children as Smuggled Migrants & Victims of Trafficking
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 13: Gender Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 14: Links between Cybercrime, Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Other Resources
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
        • Firearms
          • Module 1: Introduction to Firearms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 2: Basics on Firearms and Ammunition
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 3: Legal Market in Firearms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 4: Illicit Market in Firearms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 5: International Legal Framework on Firearms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 6: National Regulations on Firearms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 7: Firearms, Terrorism and Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 8: Criminal Justice Response
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
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        • Cybercrime
          • Teaching Guide
          • Module 1: Introduction to Cybercrime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 2: General Types of Cybercrime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 3: Legal Frameworks and Human Rights
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 4: Introduction to Digital Forensics
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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          • Module 5: Cybercrime Investigation
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 6: Practical Aspects of Cybercrime Investigations & Digital Forensics
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Core Reading
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            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 7: International Cooperation against Cybercrime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 8: Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Prevention - Strategies, Policies & Programmes
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Core Reading
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          • Module 9: Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Prevention - Practical Applications & Measures
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 10: Privacy and Data Protection
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 11: Cyber-Enabled Intellectual Property Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 12: Interpersonal Cybercrime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 13: Cyber Organized Crime
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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          • Module 14: Hacktivism, Terrorism, Espionage, Disinformation Campaigns & Warfare in Cyberspace
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Student Assessment
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        • Wildlife Crime
          • Module 1: Illicit Markets for Wildlife, Forest & Fisheries Products
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 2: International Frameworks for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 3: Criminal Justice Responses to Wildlife Trafficking
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 4: Illegal Exploitation of Wild Flora
            • Introduction and Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Additional Teaching Tools
          • Module 5: Sustainable Livelihoods and Community Engagement
            • Introduction and Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises
            • Possible Class Structure
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        • Counter-Terrorism
          • Teaching Guide
          • Module 1: Introduction to International Terrorism
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 2: Conditions Conducive to Spread of Terrorism
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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          • Module 3: International Counter-Terrorism Legal Framework
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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          • Module 4: Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 5: Regional Counter-Terrorism Approaches
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 6: Military / Armed Conflict Approaches
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 7: Counter-Terrorism & Situations of Public Emergency
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
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            • Additional Teaching Tools
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          • Module 8: Right to Life
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
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            • References
          • Module 9: Prohibition against Torture et al.
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
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          • Module 10: Arrest & Detention
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          • Module 11: Right to a Fair Trial
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            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 12: Privacy, Investigative Techniques & Intelligence Gathering
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
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          • Module 13: Non-Discrimination & Fundamental Freedoms
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
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            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 14: Victims of Terrorism
            • Introduction & Learning Outcomes
            • Key Issues
            • Exercises & Case Studies
            • Possible Class Structure
            • Core Reading
            • Advanced Reading
            • Student Assessment
            • Additional Teaching Tools
            • References
          • Module 16: Linkages between Organized Crime and Terrorism
          • Module 15: Contemporary Issues of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
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  • Module 7: Firearms, Terrorism and Organized Crime
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  • Module 7: Firearms, Terrorism and Organized Crime

  • Introduction and learning outcomes

  • Key issues

    • Firearms trafficking as a cross cutting element present in many other crimes
    • Organized crime and organized criminal groups
    • Criminal gangs
    • Terrorist groups
    • Interconnections between organized criminal groups and terrorist groups in relation to firearms trafficking
    • Gangs – Organized crime and terrorism: An evolving continuum
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This module is a resource for lecturers

Additional teaching tools

This section includes links to relevant teaching aides such as PowerPoint slides and video material, that could help the lecturer teach the issues covered by the Module. Lecturers can adapt the slides to their needs.

Videos

  • Black Market Arms for the War in Ukraine, OCCRP, 4min 44.
  • Mexico Black Market, CCTV Now, 10min 14.
  • Interpol Operation Trigger II: Targeting illicit firearms trafficking in Europe, INTERPOL, 3min 37.
  • FARC Peace Deal: Rebel group set to hand over arms stockpile, TRT World, 3min 25.
  • A Deadly Peace in Colombia as FARC Disarms, New York Times, 7min 28.
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