Crimes Across Boarders

Question 1

Define the terms ‘people smuggling’, ‘genocide’ and ‘organised group’

Answer 1

PEOPLE SMUGGLING - illegally transporting people from one country to another

GENOCIDE - deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nation or ethnicity

ORGANISED GROUP - organised criminals working together for criminal activity

Question 2

What are 5 types of transnational crimes?

Answer 2

1. Illicit drug smuggling
2. People trafficking
3. Human smuggling
4. Terrorism
5. Money laundering

Question 3

What are the 4 criteria that make a crime transnational?

Answer 3

1. Committed in more than one state
2. Committed in one state but substantial part of preparation/planning/direction takes control in another state
3. Committed in one state but involves an organised criminal group that engages in criminal activities in more than one state
4. Committed in one state but has substantial effects in another state

Question 4

What are the 3 types of international crime?

Answer 4

1. War crime
   - serious violations of law and customers of war
2. Genocide
   - international destruction of national, ethical groups or members
3. Crimes against humanity
   - widespread and systematic
   - murder, extermination, rape or enslavement

Question 5

Define the term ‘criminal law’

Answer 5

Deals with prohibitions addressed to individuals which if violated would be penalised by the state

Question 6

Define the term ‘international law’

Answer 6

Branch that governs the rights and responsibilities of states