Criminal law Flashcards
Genocide
to destroy in part or whole a national, ethnic, racial or religious group by killing member or causing serious bodily harm intentionally inflicting poor conditions of life, forced transfers, or measures intended to prevent birth.
Crimes Against Humanity
Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment or deprivation of physical liberties, violation of fundamental international law, torture, sexual violence, forced disappearace, prosecution of any identifiable group or similar inhumane acts
War Crimes
murder, poor treatment of pows, slave labor, torture
Command Responsibility
Defense used to place blame on the highest chain of command. (Soldier was only following orders from commander)
Money Laundering
Three Stages
Placement, Layering. Integration
Smurfing
Multiple “smurfs” deposit small amounts of money into different banks but the same account.
Types of people who launder money
People who got A LOT through illegal business (drug cartels, trafficking, etc.)
Shell companies
Real legal companies that have no assets or business.
Jurisdiction
Either the state becomes a party to the statue (either the accused or the victim) or a non party state accepts the court’s jurisdiction to investigate the crime. Although, the ladder is rare as states don’t appreciate the interference of the ICC.
Complementarianism
“Complementarianism is a theological view in some denominations of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam, that men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family life, and religious leadership. Complementary and its cognates are currently used to denote this view.”
Signatory
Someone who agrees onto the statue (ie: Rome statute signatory)
Rome Statute
The rome statute was the law and standards set in place for the ICC. Determines the role and capacities of the court and those that work at the ICC. Additionally, states ICC jurisdiction and the requirements for different crimes and defenses to be utilized during trial.
ICC v. ICJ (International Court of Justice) -
They are both international organizations. However, ICC is for convicting an individual, while ICJ is for a groups, such as nations
How to find embezzlement:
Customer complaints, access to accounts, spending by defendants, falsified wires, etc…
Foreclosure Rescue
Scheme where an individual asks someone with a good credit score to take out a loan to rescue a family that’s house is under risk of foreclosure. The schemer will use the loan money to pay off the mortgage and then pocket the rest. In the end the house would go back on foreclosure as the mortgage is only typically paid once and the person who participated by taking out the loan has their credit score destroyed.
