- Jurisdiction
- Investigators of organized crime
- Controlled delivery
- Physical and electronic surveillance
- Undercover operations
- Financial analysis
- Use of informants
- Rights of victims and witnesses in investigations
- Summary
- References
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
Core reading
This section provides a list of (partly open access) materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.
Legal
Articles in United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto.
- Article 15. Jurisdiction
- Article 19. Joint investigations
- Article 20. Special Investigative Techniques
- Article 2(i). Controlled Delivery
- Article 26. Measures to Enhance Cooperation with Law Enforcement Authorities
- Article 27. Law Enforcement Assistance
- Jurisdiction over offences
- Special Investigative Techniques
- Other Form of International Cooperation
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
- Article 17: Right to Protection from Arbitrary Invasion of Privacy
Academic literature
- Brady, Sheelagh (2016). Chapter 22 "Policing TOC: The National Perspective. Challenges, Strategies, Tactics" (pp. 473-494). In P. Hauck and S. Peterke (eds.), International Law and Transnational Organised Crime. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, Steven D. (2008). Controlled Deliveries (pp. 199-204). In S.D. Brown (ed.), Combating International Crime: The Longer Arm of the Law. Abingdon: Routledge-Cavendish.
- Madsen, Frank (2016). Chapter 23 "Policing Transnational Organised Crime: The International Perspective" (pp. 494-509). In P. Hauck and S. Peterke (eds.), International Law and Transnational Organised Crime. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Reports
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2006). Crime Investigation: Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit. Vienna: UNODC.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2009). Current Practices in Electronic Surveillance in the Investigation of Serious and Organized Crime. Vienna: UNODC.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010). Criminal Intelligence Manual for Front-line Law Enforcement. Vienna: UNODC.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2011). Report on Controlled Deliveries Legal and Operational Gaps and Challenges. Vienna: UNODC
Pedagogical videos