Between Immunity and Impunity External Accountability of Political Elites for Transnational Crime

"Examines how state officials and officials of international organizations take advantage of international law immunities to perpetrate transnational crimes and avoid accountability. Focuses on the trafficking in persons and drugs, corruption, and money laundering committed or facilitated by political elites for personal financial or material gain"--

About the author

Yuliya Zabyelina, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama.

Summary

Examines how state officials and officials of international organizations take advantage of international law immunities to perpetrate transnational crimes and avoid accountability. Focuses on the trafficking in persons and drugs, corruption, and money laundering committed or facilitated by political elites for personal financial or material gain.

Foreword

Examines how high-ranking public officials commit transnational crimes and avoid accountability by exploiting international law immunities.

Product details

• Authors: Yuliya Zabyelina, Yuliya (University of Alabama) Zabyelina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.01.2024
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law
• EAN: 9781316514580
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51458-0
• Pages: 289
• Subjects: LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, International Relations, LAW / Drugs & the Law, International Criminal Law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Human trafficking, Taxation, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Crime & criminology, Public international law: criminal law, Criminal justice law, International Organisations & Institutions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Trafficking, Criminal law: corruption, Criminal law: fiscal offences