Transnational Crime and Terrorism

Please also refer to the Law of Crime web page for other resources

Websites

Australian

Australian Crime Commission
Formerly, the National Crime Authority, the ACC is a criminal intelligence agency that works in conjunction with Federal and State bodies..

Australian Institute of Criminology
The Australian Institute of Criminology is the national focus for the study of crime and criminal justice in Australia. A good starting point when researching in this area

Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation
ASIO is a security and intelligence organisation with special focus on terrorists, political activists and spies.

Criminal Law (Commonwealth Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
An excellent site covering legislation, caselaw, articles and reports; with links to national bodies, state organisations, directories, press statements and overeseas sites. It also focusses on the special topics of: Firearms, Mandatory Sentencing and Terrorism 

Criminology web resources (University of Sydney Law Library)
Part of the WEBLAW law subject portal.

World Criminal Justice (Electronic) Library (Rutgers University)
This website provides a large array of links to statistics, reference resources, online periodicals, conference publications, bibliographies, etc on criminal justice issues worldwide.

International

EISIL – Electronic Information System for International Law - International Criminal Law
The American Society of International Law's website of international documents and articles on international criminal law, including War Crimes and Terrorism.

International Criminal Court
United Nations documentation on and links to the International Criminal Court.

UN Action to Counter Terrorism
Links to UN Resolutions on terrorism and disarmament, Reports of the UN Terrorism Committee and other associated links and documents.

UNODC and Terrorism Prevention
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has a section which focuses on combatting transnational organised crime.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
A global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, ODCCP consists of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP). UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism.

FAFT – Financial Action Task Force
The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is an inter-governmental body concerned with the development and promotion of national and international policies to combat money laundering.

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Produced at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel with links to articles and research on terrorism.

Interpol
The International Police organisation established in 1923 to facilitate cross-border criminal police co-operation.

Jurist – Terrorism Law and Policy
Jurist is part of the Legal Education Network from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. This site has links to laws, reports, hearings, briefing papers, news reports, etc. on terrorism.

SMALL ARMS SURVEY
The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principle international source of public information on all aspects of small arms, and as a resource centre for governments, policy makers, researchers, and activists.
The Small Arms Survey Website also contains the UN Small Arms Conference Database which was first created by the Program on Security and Development at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and subsequently taken on by the Small Arms Survey in Geneva. The purpose of the database is to track states’ positions with respect to small arms and light weapons issues.

UNDOC Regional Centre for East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific
In 1998 the UNDOC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) Regional Centre was given responsibility for drug control cooperation within the Pacific. The UNDOC Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific is located in Bagkok, Thailand, and is today responsible for over 30 countries/areas.

United States

EISIL – Electronic Information System for International Law - International Criminal Law
The American Society of International Law's website of international documents and articles on international criminal law, including War Crimes and Terrorism.

Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Centre
The Transnational Crime and Corruption Center of the George Mason University, Virginia, is devoted to teaching, research, training and formulating policy advice in transnational crime, corruption and terrorism.

Arresting transnational crime
An electronic fulltext journal produced by the United States Department of State.

Asia Pacific

ASEAN – Transnational Crime and International Terrorism
Speeches, papers, press releases and papers from ASEAN on combatting transnational crime.

Transnational Crime - Japan
The Japanese Government's website on transnational crime policies with links to regional conference publications, news items and press releases.

Databases and other reference sources

Index and Abstract databases

AFPD via Austrom (1991)+
Australian Federal Police digest on policing, criminology and law enforcement.

CINCH via Austrom (1968)+
The Australian criminology database produced by the Australian Institute of Criminology, on crime and criminal justice issues.

Journals/Documents

International criminal law review
Terrorism : documents of international and local control, 1st series LAW 341.38 F911 v.1-35
Terrorism : documents of international and national control, 2nd series LAW 341.38 F911.2 v.1-12