FOR 7060 - Legal Issues in Terrorism and Transnational Crime

(2 units)

Explores various legal aspects of terrorism and counterterrorism, including the tools used in the fight against terrorism, such as the PATRIOT Act, U.S. intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and tribunals and discusses the legal and ethical impact of the “war on terrorism” on the civil liberties of U.S. citizens and noncombatants. Addresses the legal instruments designed to combat various forms of transnational crime:- people smuggling, human trafficking, illicit drug trafficking, arms trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financing.