CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Transnational Crime, International Criminal Court, Insurance Fraud

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: cladiuocalagari

Document Summary

Transnational crime, human trafficking and modern slavery: adler international and comparative criminology . There are forms of criminal activity that go beyond national borders and have become global problems. Restrictive laws that aim to control certain goods and services actually create new forms of criminal opportunity for criminals. For example, crimes of racial hatred, genocide and war crimes, are a continuing global concern. Transnational crime refers to criminal activities that violate the laws of more than one country. Some are non-economic such as online predation of minors. Criminal justice systems are unable to deal effectively with international fraud . Such crimes can be tried in local jurisdictions or by international courts. The international criminal court deals more with human rights crimes and war but it is not universally supported and thus has limited powers: bales, understanding slavery today . Slavery in its many forms has been a part of many human societies since ancient times.