I am writing to state my interest regarding the vacancy of PhD Researcher on ‘the rise of EU law enforcement authorities-protecting fundamental rights and liberties in a transnational law enforcement area’. My desire is to conduct research on the project regarding the EU fraud/PIF.
Based on my education, experience and skills, I feel that I am an outstanding candidate for the position. Along with an inter-discipliner approach gained through graduate and postgraduate degrees in two subject-fields in law and economics with a special emphasis to transnational financial crimes and more than seven years of hands-on experience in enforcement of laws, in particular criminal law, rules and regulations related to combating serious fraud and other
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Moreover, I could be aware of my academic desires. By means of degrees in economics, I could focus on combating transnational economic crimes in a legal sense with a deep background to the nature of offences as well as developed a depth-knowledge of empirical analysis methods enables me to deal with data. Thanks to scholarship of Turkish Government, I could study LLM Master of Law degree at the University of Exeter. In this programme, I focused on criminal law, international criminal law, banking law and finance law, where their intersection point is law and rules related to offences threatening financial interests of jurisdictions. At the dissertation level, I analysed the Anti-Money Laundering policies of the UK at an empirical …show more content…
As an officer of an EU candidate country, I had responsibility of increasing Turkey’s capacity to comply with EU legal framework and, thus, developed a deep knowledge of EU legal framework. In this respect, I was assigned to a special task force established for harmonising legal framework of Turkey in combating money-laundering with acquis communautaire.
The combination of my academic interest and professional experience paved the way for being selected by the European Union and awarded the Jean Monnet Scholarship to conduct research at the University of Leeds (UK) in the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ). I used this opportunity to conduct a research evaluating the global AML policies through a comparative analysis of major jurisdictions including the
Terrorist and criminal organization have internal problems that can be exploited by law enforcement and policy makers. Form author Nikos Passas we understand that terrorist organization have a lot of different methods of funding, including crime and charities. According to Passas the best way to combat this is to increase transparency and traceability in economic transactions, which was also concluded by author Jonas R. Want in his article discussing the regulation of Hawala. By doing this globally we can combat the financing of terrorist and criminal groups by having better knowledge of the movement of their money. According to author William Phil’s two thousand and seven peace, following the money is the most powerful tool in combating illegal financial transactions. The argument is supported by an Bichler, Bushes, and Malm’s article that states that understanding the market system in which criminal organizations operate is necessary when identifying the key players and mechanisms used. Overall, strengthening financial transaction transparency will help law enforcement combat both terrorist and criminal organization which will have great affects on both organizations
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights, as amended) (ECHR), Art 5(1)(e)
I plan to graduate from Ft. Hays in 3 years with my Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. At that point, I would like to settle down in Portland, Maine. I went there last summer with my Grandparents and loved everything about it. Especially the weather and all the cool lighthouses.
Mowbray, Alastair R. Cases, Materials, and Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights. 3rd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
As globalization continues to flourish and evolve, this creates further opportunities in which individuals are able to launder money with greater ease, efficiency in profit and sophistication. Through the forms of economic globalization, people may use new forms of travel to their advantage and personal gain. It is widely recognized (Pfaller, A & Lerch, M 2005, Auernheimer, L 2003) that this is becoming a significant challenge in the international sphere. Through globalization, criminals are able to create new means to commit crime for an economic benefit and avoid prosecution through new forms of travel. This allows them to spread transactions across multiple nations around the globe, thus increasing the number of obstacles that need to be overcome for an investigation to be completed (Karofi, U, Mwanza, J). For example, this can be explained through the new forms of money laundering. Money laundering is ‘the process by which one conceals the existence, illegal source, or illegal application of income, and disguises that income to make it appear legitimate’ (President’s Commission on Organised Crime 1984, p. 7). This can be achieved through the process of transporting diamonds or gold or even through wire transfers (Morris-Cotterill, N). The lack of risk that is involved in these contemporary crimes is increasing the appeal for crimes such money laundering to occur. This is due to the fact that criminals know that it will prove to be difficult to investigate and prosecute their activities when it occurs on a transnational basis. This, in turn, gives more individuals the opportunity to commit these crimes with little risk that they will be caught. Furthermore, this targets potential naïve victims into partaking in these forms of c...
Reforms aside, the Committee of Ministers continuously acknowledged the need to improve the protection of human rights by the help of the ECtHR. Shortly after Protocol 14 the Committee of Ministers of the CoE recalled „its mission to take measures in order to guarantee the long-term effectiveness of the control system instituted by the Convention (Council of Europe 2004)“. In this section some of the steps taken as well as issues that remain problematic will be highlighted.
From a very young age I had a strong sense of justice and I always sought to defend people that were treated unfairly in any way I could. Growing up I knew that I want to make a change in this world and become the voice for the weak, but first I knew I had to equip myself with the necessary knowledge for this aspiration to become reality. My journey as a human rights activist started with my undergraduate degree in cultural studies, an academic field that cultivates critical thinking and has an explicitly political orientation. This has given me the knowledge and experience as well as a sound foundation for continuing on to my Master's program where I first came into contact with law through the 'UN law' and 'International Law' classes. Dealing with different legal cases was something I greatly enjoyed and was fascinated by as I discovered that law is like a living organism that continuously changes depending on the social
Program will allow me to reach my ambitions. UCLA presents a wide variety of programs, including classes and seminars related to criminal law and procedure, especially, Criminal Justice Program and Transnational Program on Criminal Justice. These classes and programs will give me a deeper knowledge and understanding not only about criminal theory, but also about a judge’s attitude toward criminal issues relevant to my research theme. Furthermore, UCLA includes a lot of students from 30 different countries who represent a variety of backgrounds, countries, and legal systems, so I can benefit from discussions with them. In turn, I will contribute to your program by sharing my judicial experiences in Japan, my interests pertaining to law, and my academic and cultural background.
At a young age, I watched from a classroom TV the first terrorist act that I would see in my lifetime. Along with a vast majority of Americans, I remember where I was when the Twin Towers fell. From that moment on my life changed and not because I lost someone. In that day and days that followed; I saw pain, fear and sadness everywhere I looked. I wanted to protect the community, but I wasn’t sure where to take that passion.
My interest in law and the justice system, stems from the distinguishability between the right and wrong, just and unjust. Some issues are not clear at first sight and it is difficult to determine whether they are “acceptable” or “unacceptable”. That is when law comes in as a guideline to help the community differentiate between these two terms. The judgement of every person is different, but rules and therefore laws tell us what is wrong. As an inquirer, studying cases like that of ‘Jodie and Mary’ in 2000, when the parents turned for an answer in the eyes of the justice system, after failing to take a decision themselves about their daughters’ lives, shows up to what extend law can influence peoples’ choices.
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Over the past century law has become crucial and important part of human life. Law has developed significantly throughout the world and continues to improve and change as a result of globalization, fast advances in technology, and the development of administrative regulations. Before continuing the essay, first of all, the notion of law should be discussed. What is law? During the decades, the legal writers have given records of law which take their focal issue the different capacities which law should perform in a general society. Raymond in his work mentions that ‘law as fundamentally a vehicle for the protection of individual rights, the attainment of justice, or economic, political, and sexual equality’ (Wacks, 2008, p3). One of the classic
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