This module is a resource for lecturers

Core reading

This section provides a list of (partly open access) materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

Legal

Articles in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto

• Article 6: Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime
• Article 7: Measures to combat money-laundering
• Article 8: Criminalization of corruption
• Article 9: Measures against corruption
• Article 10: Liability of legal persons

Legislative Guides for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto

• Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime
• Criminalization of and measures against corruption
• Liability of legal persons

Academic Literature

• Arias, Desmond (2011). Drug Cartels: Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor an Empire. In M. Natarajan, ed., Introduction to International Crime and Justice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Savona, Ernesto and Zanella, Marco (2011). Extortion and Organized Crime. In M. Natarajan, ed., Introduction to International Crime and Justice. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Reports

• Centre for the Study of Democracy (2010). Examining the Links between Organised Crime and Corruption. Sofia: Center for the Study of Democracy.
• Ferragut, Sergio (2012). Organized Crime, Illicit Drugs and Money Laundering: the United States and Mexico. International Security Programme Paper 2012/01. November 2012. London: Chatham House.

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