CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
offenses whose inception, prevention and/or direct or indirect effects involved more than one country.
- Transnational Crime
a continuing illegal activity of group of persons which is primarily concerned with the generation of profits, irrespective of national boundaries as a result of globalization.
- Transnational Crime
- Refers to the rapid development of the western culture that ultimately affects other cultures in the world as brought by intellectual and technological advances, in which some crimes occurring in other countries are attributed.
Globalization
- is a crime perpetuated by organized criminal group which the aim of committing one or more serious crimes or offenses in order to obtain directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefits committed through crossing of borders or jurisdictions.
Transnational Organized crime
- Shall mean a structured group of three or more persons, existing for a period of time and acting in concert with the aim of committing or more serious crimes or offenses
Organized Criminal Group
groyp of three or more persons, established in accordance with this convention, in order to obtain directly or indirectly, a financial or material benefit.
Organized Criminal Group
all acts inimical to the welfare of states/countries especially if perpetrated by no less than foreigners
Transnational crimes
It is also committed with several motives: political influence, economic gain and social control in a global scope.
Transnational crimes
- Defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud or deception for the purpose of exploitation.
Human Trafficking
- It’s been called the “modern day slavery”.
Human Trafficking
is an illegal act and is considered a violation of human rights and inimical to human dignity and national development.
Human Trafficking
- “An act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in persons especially women and children, establishing the necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of trafficked persons, providing penalties for its violations and for other purposes.”
RA 9208 - Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
This Act shall be known as the “Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012″.
RA 10364
- Refers to a person below eighteen (18) years of age or one who is over eighteen (18) but is unable to fully take care of or protect himself/herself from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition.
Child
- Refers to any act, transaction, scheme or design involving the use of a person by another, for sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct in exchange for money, profit or any other consideration.
Prostitution