Judges Seminar (public course) 1: Dealing with Economic and Financial Crimes Course
Course descriptionBy the conclusion of the specified learning and development activities, delegates will be able to: Provide a technical and appropriate working definition of economic and financial crimes; Make an assessment of the extent of public sector corruption in Nigeria and the rest of the world; Assess the impact of globalization and media influence on economic and financial crimes proliferation; Be in a position of strength to make assessments of the impact of particular cases of economic and financial crimes; Determine the most appropriate and punitive deterrence based on the severity of ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, and‘d’, above; Determine whether particular financial and economic crimes are deliberate or incidental; Be empowered to determine the admissibility of explicit, and elicitation of, evidence in economic and financial crime trails; Demonstrate an awareness of the international convention on economic and financial crimes; Demonstrate their ability to determine whether the forfeiture of assists, in economic and financial crimes, is likely to have a deterrent effect in particular circumstances; Exhibit a heightened awareness of the role of the judiciary in creating deterrence to economic and financial crimes; Demonstrate an understanding of terrorists finance, through economic and financial crimes; Demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of economic and financial crimes; Be able to distinguish between the Internet and Intranet; Exhibit an understanding of the accessibility features of the Internet and Intranet; Indicate their level of understanding of Internet and Intranet security features; Demonstrate their ability to advise on the use of Firewall and security coding for particular computer architecture; Demonstrate a basic understanding of computer programming using Visual Basic, C++; Demonstrate their ability to perceive ‘the big picture’ in making judgments on crimes involving Internet and Intranet security issues; Determine the level of persistence that individual respondents are alleged to have made in their attempt to commit, or in committing, particular Internet security breaches; Demonstrate a heightened awareness of the situation where a judge needs to exercise his or her powers in maintaining case confidentiality and information secretes for individual, institutional, national, and global security; Demonstrate and awareness of the concepts of ‘Shell Banks’ in money laundering; Have developed conceptual and logical module of global money laundering; Be aware of the typologies of money laundering establishments; Demonstrate their ability to draw on the wide-ranging money laundering legislation, outside the Nigerian shores in conceptualising and logicalising money laundering in Nigeria; Demonstrate their ability to interpret and draw on the work of international antifraud regulatory bodies in providing specific advice and judging economic and financial crimes within the Nigerian context; Exhibit an awareness of ‘419 fraud’; Demonstrate an awareness of the specific Nigerian Penal Code; Be aware of the National Crime Intelligent Service Statistics on Internet Crimes; Demonstrate the awareness of the degree to which fraudsters used and are likely to use, computer viruses as an aid to Internet crimes; Be able to identify common viruses and determine the steps that can be taken to prevent and eliminate specific ones; Determine the types and effectiveness of anti-virus software; Demonstrate an understanding of computer Spyware and anti Spyware; Exhibit awareness of the effectiveness of the Merchant Risk Council, in tracking Internet scams in Nigeria; Be aware of specific protocol for broadband and dial up Internet access in Nigeria; Demonstrate an awareness of Nigerian Internet security, specifically firewall and security coding; Exhibit an understanding of the different ways by which an individual can gain legal access to remote computers; Demonstrate an understanding of how computer viruses are written; Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of economic and financial crimes on the individual, institutions, national economy and global economy; Demonstrate the ability to make the most appropriate decision when face with cases that present ‘ethical dilemma;’ Explicate their internalization of the highest ethical standard of Nigerian judiciary; Determine the degree to which individuals and organizations, whose is actions have been brought into question, have behaved ethically; Demonstrate their ability to use ethical principle in the judgement of cases of corporate responsibility; Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of motives and their value in organisational and subsystem effectiveness; Distinguish between the different sets of motivation theories, notably content, process and reinforcement; Demonstrate their ability to translate motivation theory into practice; Evaluate the appropriateness of the application of particular theoretical aspects of motivation to specific situations; Demonstrate their ability to formulate a comprehensive motivation strategy; Critically appraise existing motivation strategy within their organisations, identifying and addressing gaps; Demonstrate an effective knowledge of salient aspects of cybercrime and the measures that are available for their detection and aversion; Be in an advantageous position to critically analyse the effectiveness of existing Law on Cyber Crime; Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the Central Bank, regulations and circulars, in combating economic and financial crimes; Demonstrate their ability to effectively advise the clients, ‘Prosecution’ and ‘Defence’, respectively, of the legality of issues relevant to pre-existing Law on Cyber Crime; Be empowered to determine the admissibility of explicit, and elicitation of, evidence in economic and financial crime trails; Demonstrate an awareness of the international convention on economic and financial crimes. Demonstrate a working understanding and interoperability of the Law on Cyber Crime; and Demonstrate their ability to determine whether the forfeiture of assists, in economic and financial crimes, is likely to have a deterrent effect in particular circumstances.