Международное сотрудничество полицейских

1. Some new words to the text:

Growth                                     рост, увеличение

Increasingly                                  все более, все больше и больше

Sophisticated                                сложный, изощренный

Rapid                                            быстрый, скорый

Opportunity                                  возможность

To expand                                    расширять(ся), увеличивать (ся)

Enormous                                     огромный, громадный

Alarm                                           тревога

Violate                                          нарушать

Pressure                                   давление

Widespread                                   широко распространенный

Offence                                         правонарушение, преступление

Money laundering                        отмывание денег

Theft                                             воровство, кража

Illicit                                            незаконный

Arms trade                                   торговля оружием

Hijacking                                     похищение, угон (транспортного средства)

Fraud                                            обман, мошенничество

Insurance                                      страхование, страховка

Trade                                            торговля

Drug trafficking                           торговля наркотиками

Sham                                             теневой, поддельный

Penetrate                                       внедряться, проникать

Currency                                       валюта, деньги

Gain                                              прибыль, нажива, выгода

To conceal                                   скрывать, утаивать

To escape                                      бежать, уходить

Trace                                            выслеживать, следить

Subsequent                                    последующий, следующий

2. Read and translate the following text:

International police cooperation in combating cross-border crime

 The growth in cross-border crime is going on in many countries today. The development of increasingly sophisticated facilities for rapid travel has made it easier for criminals to move around the world. At the same time, the complex structures of modern societies and the constant growth of international exchanges provide more and more opportunities for international criminal activity, which has expanded enormously now and reached alarming proportions. Individuals and companies are being subjected to increasing pressure from criminals, leading to widespread feelings of insecurity.

The term «international crime», although in common use, does not necessarily refer to specific types of offence defined in law. When criminal acts, deals and schemes violate the laws of more than one country, they are said to be cross-border, transnational or international crimes.

The UN has classified all transnational crimes into 17 groups: money laundering terrorism; theft of art works and cultural objects; theft of intellectual property; illicit arms trade; hijacking of planes; piracy; hijacking on highways; fraud in insurance; computer-related crime; ecological crime; trade in humans; trade in human organs; drug trafficking; sham bankruptcy; penetrating legal business; corruption and bribing public figures, party leaders and elected officials.

Some offences are covered by international conventions, for instance, currency counterfeiting (1929 Convention), traffic in human beings and the exploitation of prostitution (1949 Convention), and drug trafficking (1988 Convention).

Other offences, however, can be classified as «international» because of the behaviour of the offenders. For instance, preparations for committing an offence may be made in one country while the actual offence is committed in one or more countries. To make another example, similar offences may be committed one after the other in several different countries. Finally, an offender may escape across a border after committing his offence, he may transfer his illicit gains abroad or he may conceal objects or documents used to commit the offence in another country.

Tracing and arresting such offenders may prove extremely difficult; problems can arise in connection with exchanging information, identification, international investigations and subsequent extradition. Because of these problems, police services in different countries must work together if they are to combat international crime successfully.

3. Translate the following words and word-combinations:

- cross-border crime

- modern society

- sophisticated facilities

- international criminal activity

- in common use

- specific type of offence

- illicit gain

- feeling of insecurity

- currency counterfeiting

- tracing

- fraud in insurance

- identification

- subsequent extradition.

4.  Find in the text above the names of following crimes:

- кража интеллектуальной собственности

- отмывание денег

- экологические преступления

- торговля людьми

- теневое банкротство

- торговля человеческими органами

- страховые мошенничества

- подделка денег (фальшивомонетчество)

- незаконная торговля оружием

- компьютерная преступность

- коррупция

- угон воздушного средства

- подкуп.

5Make up word combinations:  

1) cross-border                        a) exchanges

2) sophisticated                        b) extradition

3) international                         c) proportion

4) criminal                                d) crime

5) alarming                               e) laundering

6) money                                   f) activity

7) currency                                g) facilities

8) subsequent                            h) counterfeiting

6. Find the words with an opposite meaning in the text above:

1) law-abiding citizen

2) easy

3) decreasing

4) security

5) obey

6) local

7) legal

7  Read the definitions and name the corresponding word from the bracket:

(Illicit, to launder, terrorism, hostage, ransom, to cooperate, border, to facilitate)

1. to transfer illegal or stolen money usually by a complex process to avoid detection

2. against law

3. the use of violence in order to achieve political aims

4. an amount of money that someone asks for in exchange for a person

who they are keeping as a prisoner

5. the official line that separates two countries or regions

6. a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if  

they do not get what they want

7. to make it possible or easier for something to happen

8. to work with other people in order to achieve something

8. Complete the following sentences according to the text:

1. The growth in cross-border crime …

2. The constant growth of international …

3. The term international crime does not …

4. The UN has classified …

5. Other offences, however, can be classified …

6. Police services in different countries must work …

Answer the following questions, then retell the text.

1. What developments made it easier for criminals to move around the world?

2. Who are being subjected to increasing pressure from criminals?

3. Does the term «international crime» refer only to specific types of offence defined in law?

4. What does the term «transnational crime» mean?

5. How many groups of transnational crimes can you name according to UN’s classification?

6. What offences are covered by international conventions?

7. Is tracing and arresting international criminals an easy task?

8. Why must police services in different countries work together?

Additional exercise to the topic

1. Read, translate and retell the text:

Prison for cannabis smugglers

The skipper and crew of a yacht were jailed for trying to smuggle cannabis worth 4.5 pounds million into Britain. The skipper of the yacht Rosy, was sentenced to ten years after admitting illegally importing cannabis.

Truro Crown Court had been told that the yacht was tracked through French and Spanish waters until it suffered engine trouble ten miles off Falmouth, Cornwall. When the boat called for help a Customs launch offered it a tow to Falmouth, where one-and-a-half tons of Moroccan cannabis was found.

(From the Guardian)

2. Find the English equivalents for the following words:

- контрабандист

- экипаж яхты

- посадить в тюрьму

- провозить коноплю контрабандой

- приговорить к

- признать незаконный импорт

- страдать

- звать на помощь

- таможня

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1. Read and translate the text with the help of dictionary