<aside> 📃 Definition: A broad term covering any crime punishable by a state with international origin or consequences, or a crime recongised by the international community

• International crime is of concern becuase it poses challenges legally, financially and socially.
• These crimes involve some crossing of international boarders in their commission and planning and they breach criminal standards imposed by the international community. </aside>

Categories of International Crime

Crimes Against the International Community

Transnational Crimes

International Measures

MAIN TYPES OF MEASURES

1. Cooperation between governments through international treaties and international organisations targeted at specific types of international crime
2. International Courts and tribunals to deal with enforcement of international crimes
3. Cooperation and intelligence sharing between national agencies to deal with trans-border crime.

• Crimes Against the International Community

• Transnational Crimes

• Limitations

• The complex and difficult nature of transnational crimes results in mixed effectiveness.

• Organised crime groups often use sophisticated measure to avoid detection.

• Some nation states lack the technology and resources to combat and deal with such crimes

• Developing nations may become the target or breeding ground for international criminals

• Much international cooperation is required for effectiveness of any measures

• Nation states need to share information

• In some poorer nations the rule of law may be weak and hence any measures to combat, investigate or deal with international crime are inadequate

• State sovereignty

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