• E4J University Module Series: Organized Crime

• Module 10: Sentencing and Confiscation in Organized Crime

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• Aggravating and mitigating factors
• Sentencing options relating to organized crime
• Alternatives to imprisonment
• The death penalty and organized crime
• Backgrounds of convicted offenders
• Confiscation
• Confiscation in practice: responding to the movement of criminal assets
• Summary
• References

• Exercises

• Case studies and exercises
• Thinking critically through fiction
• Excerpts of legislation
• Role play

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Review and assessment questions
• Quiz 10
• Research and independent study questions

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in May 2018

Regional Perspective: Pacific Islands Region - added in November 2019

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers   

 

Summary

 

The prosecution of organized crime cases has progressed significantly in recent years. A large number of significant convictions have resulted from successful use of the prosecution tools described in this Module. Law enforcement cooperation, mitigating punishment, witness immunity, and witness protection have been significant tools in prosecuting both organized criminal groups and their members. Proper use of these prosecution strategies will ensure that future efforts to control organized crime can be successful.