ISBN : 9780198733737, 608 pages

Présentation de l'éditeur

Since the end of the Cold War, states have become increasingly engaged in the suppression of transnational organised crime. The existence of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its Protocols demonstrates the necessity to comprehend this subject in a systematic way.

Synthesizing the various sources of law that form this area of growing academic and practical importance, International Law and Transnational Organised Crime provides readers with a thorough understanding of the key concepts and legal instruments in international law governing transnational organised crime. The volume analyses transnational organised crime in consideration of the most relevant subareas of international law, such as international human rights and the law of armed conflict. Written by internationally recognized scholars in international and criminal law as well as respected high-level practitioners, this book is a useful tool for lawyers, public agents, and academics seeking straightforward and comprehensive access to a complex and significant topic.

Pierre Hauck is the Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, and Philosophy of Law at the University of Trier in Germany.

Sven Peterke is the Professor of Public International Law at the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil.

Sommaire

I. General Questions

1: Transnational Organised Crime: Concepts and Critics, Arndt Sinn
2: Transnational Organised Crime and its Impacts on States and Societies, Thomas Feltes
3: The Historical Evolution of the International Cooperation against Transnational Organised Crime: an Overview, Frank G. Madsen
4: The EU and the Fight against Organised Crime, Bernd Hecker
5: Transnational Organised Crime and Terrorism, Bettina Weißer

II. UN Core Conventions on Transnational Organised Crime

6: The Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988) and the Global Drug Prohibition Regime, Richard Vogler
7: The UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (2000), Neil Boister
8: The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons (2000), Hans-Joachim Heintze & Charlotte Lülf
9: The UN Protocal against the Smuggling of Migrant by Land, Sea, and Air (2000), Andreas Schloenhardt
10: The UN Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components, and Ammunition (2001), Aaron X. Fellmeth
11: The UN Convention against Corruption (2003) and Related Documents, Michael Kubiciel

III. Other Relevant International Regimes and Issues

12: Transnational Organised Crime and the Anti-Money Laundering Regime, Louis de Koker
13: Transnational Organised Crime and the Illegal Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Hennie Strydom
14: Transnational Organised Crime and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Pornography, Thorsten Müller
15: Transnational Organised Crime and Cultural Property, Bernhard Kretschmer
16: Transnational Organised Crime and Cybercrime, Marco Gercke

Part IV: Transnational Organised Crime as Matter of Certain Branches of International Law

17: International Law of the Use of Force and Transnational Organised Crime, Gideon Boas
18: International Humanitarian Law and Transnational Organised Crime, Joachim Wolf & Sven Peterke
19: International Human Rights Law and Transnational Organised Crime, Andrew Clapham
20: The Law of the Sea and Transnational Organised Crime, Alexander Proelss
21: International Criminal Law and Transnational Organised Crime, Pierre Hauck

Part V: Procedural and Technological Challenges for the Investigation of TOC- Policing, Technological Aspects, Efficiency, Exchange of Information, Abuse of Power, and Tactics of Conducting Investigation

22: International Policing of TOC, International Cooperation, and Exchange of Information, Rob Wainwright
23: Policing TOC, Tactics and Strategies, Technological Means for Fighting Crime and Efficiency, Jürgen Stock