• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 50 min
  1. Nigerian organized crime

  • Prof. Phil Williams
• 47 min
  2. Trafficking in diamonds

  • Prof. Dina Siegel
• 46 min
  3. Illicit small arms and light weapons

  • Ms. Rachel Stohl
• 32 min
  4. Nuclear trafficking

  • Dr. Lyudmila Zaitseva
• 41 min
  5. 'Organized crime' in Russia and Eastern Europe: from rhetoric to reality

  • Dr. Patricia Rawlinson
• 46 min
  6. Transnational crime : trafficking in antiquities

  • Dr. Simon Mackenzie
• 24 min
  7. Corruption and transnational crime

  • Mr. Rob McCusker
• 37 min
  8. Tackling transnational crime

  • Mr. Rob McCusker
• 50 min
  9. Trafficking in human beings: phenomenon and counter-measures

  • Dr. Andrea Di Nicola
• 27 min
  10. Global risks of economic espionage, industrial spying and international trade secrets

  • Prof. Hedi Nasheri
• 50 min
  11. Organized crime in Asia

  • Prof. Richard Ward
  • Prof. Daniel Mabrey
• 33 min
  12. Organized crime in North America

  • Prof. Jay Albanese
• 49 min
  13. Trafficking in human organs in Europe

  • Ms. Silke Meyer
• 24 min
  14. Combating wildlife crime

  • Mr. John M. Sellar
• 49 min
  15. Asset tracing and recovery

  • Mr. Alan McQuillan
• 39 min
  16. Organized crime in Europe

  • Dr. Klaus von Lampe
• 32 min
  17. Drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle

  • Prof. Sheldon Zhang
• 42 min
  18. Defining the relationship of crime and terrorism

  • Prof. Louise Shelley
• 36 min
  19. Transnational environmental crime

  • Dr. Lorraine Elliott
• 34 min
  20. Globalization and the growth of transnational crime

  • Prof. David Nelken
• 29 min
  21. Cyber crime: the global dimension

  • Prof. Peter Grabosky
• 51 min
  22. Money laundering and terrorist finance

  • Prof. Nikos Passas

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Navigable Slide Index

1. Introduction
2. What is organized crime?
3. Definition of organized crime
4. Types of organized crime
5. North American history of organized crime
6. Organized crime in the U.S.
7. The gangster era in the U.S.
8. 1920s to 1950s: from city gangs to mafia
9. 1950s-1960s: from mafia to cosa nostra?
10. 1960s and 1970s: from Valachi to new laws
11. 1980s to present: first major mob prosecutions
12. Common elements to OC groups in U.S.
13. The ethnicity trap
14. Canadian organized crime
15. Motorcycle gangs and money laundering
16. Mexican organized crime
17. Kidnapping for ransom
18. A model of OC criminal structure
19. Old cons vs. new criminals
20. Sentencing organized crime
21. Future of organized crime
22. Conclusion
23. Sources

Topics Covered

• Organized crime
• Definitions, types and history
• The gangster era and rise of the mafia in 20th century America
• Organized crime in Canada and Mexico
• The ethnicity trap and models of organized crime structure
• Prosecution and sentencing in organized crime cases
• The future of organized crime

Links

Series:

• Combatting Transnational Crime

Categories:

• Global Business Management

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on November 3, 2008
• Archived on April 3, 2022