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The course examines the nature of selected types of serious financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, insider trading, and investment frauds. It offers an introduction to the related laws, institutions, and countermeasures against these crimes in New Zealand and internationally. It also identifies the main challenges in combating the emerging financial crime typologies that are committed transnationally and/or use new technologies.
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:Define and evaluate key types of financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, insider trading, and investment frauds, in both national and international contexts;Analyse and criticise the national and transnational application of principal laws, institutions, and countermeasures to these crimes;Identify and discuss the main challenges in dealing with serious financial crime in New Zealand and internationally;Communicate orally and in writing in a persuasive and effective manner.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
(1) CRJU202 and 45 additional points at 200-level from Schedule C to the Bachelor of Criminal Justice, or(2) LAWS202 and 30 additional points at 200-level from Schedule C to the Bachelor of Criminal Justice.
LLAW314
The course will be taught through 24 hours of lectures.Students must develop an understanding of the material covered in lectures. Students are expected to spend at least 60 hours of independent study in this course in addition to examination and assessment preparation. This will require reading and study of legislation, cases, journal articles, reports and monographs to which students may be referred.
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The assessment may consist of a quiz, an essay assignment and a final examination.
There is no set textbook for this course.Any relevant material will be placed on LEARN or advised in lectures.
Domestic fee $845.00
International fee $4,313.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Faculty of Law .