Transnational Criminal Organizations and HLS

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This course will provide an overview of transnational crime and its effects on homeland security. This course will focus on the proliferation and expanding influence of transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and on the links and significance of TCOs to institutional corruption, trafficking, cybercrime, and terrorism. The class will examine the diverse dimensions of transnational crime in the context of increasing globalization and the exponential impact of technology advances. It will also examine and discuss recent developments in the US regarding TCOs and global efforts to counter narco and human trafficking, Intellectual Property Rights violations, cyber crime, illicit finance, and terrorist ties to TCOs.