Defining, Describing, and Understanding Organized Crime
What you'll learn
- Understand the history of Organized Crime in North America
- Learn indicators and key components of Organized Crime Groups (OCGs)
- Assess various Organized Crime Groups and their impact on society
- Explore the challenges of investigating Organized Crime
Requirements
- No experience needed. You will learn everything you need to know.
Description
This course examines the many forms of organized crime to offer students a solid understanding of the various crime groups, their organizations, history, and activity, and the threats they post. The course will also examine the differences between Consensual organized crime and Predatory organized crime.
The phenomenon of transnational organized crime will be explored with a focus on its threat to national security and linkages to terrorism.
By the end of this course, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of organized crime through a study of relevant material and a practical understanding of methods and techniques used for detecting and conducting investigations to counter organized crime.
Course Objectives
1. Evaluate the main approaches to organized crime.
2. Assess organized crime groups, their activities and their effect on society.
3. Analyze counter organized and transnational organized crime policies, laws and methods
4. Evaluate current “indicators and warnings” methods for identifying organized and transnational organized crime activity.
5. Assess the current trends in organized and transnational organized crime that illustrates the historical development of terrorism.
6. Examine the nexus between organized crime and terrorism and the efforts to detect and combat this activity.
7. Explain the challenges with intelligence collection, major case management, and disclosure when conducting investigations into organized crime activity
Who this course is for:
- Financial Crime Professionals
- Law Professionals
- General Interest
Instructor
![Dr Ian Messenger](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Dr. Messenger received his doctorate in International Criminal Justice from the University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom) in 2013, his Master of Science (MSc) in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh in 2007, and his Honours Master of Arts (MA) in Social Policy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. He is a former UK law enforcement officer specializing in Financial Crime investigations.
Dr. Messenger is the founder of TWELVE Education, home of the TWELVE Financial Crime Program. He is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS), and a Certified Advanced AML Risk Management Specialist (CAMS-RM).