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Module 5 - Electronic Money Laundering, Cybercrime, Digital Cash and Cyber-cash

Define and describe electronic banking, cyber-payments, e-cash, cybercrime and computer crime.  

How have encryption and other evolving technologies been used by organized criminals and money and money launderers? 
What is the status of U.S. statutory and regulatory law on domestic and international wire transfers? 
What past FATF/OECD Money Laundering Typology Reports said about electronic money laundering?
Give the web addresses for and summarize the three best sites (governmental, inter-governmental, and private) that discuss electronic money laundering.
 
What is the current status of internet gambling? What is the current U.S. legal position on such? 
Discuss the Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime? 
Read the articles by Parker and Denning on Computer Crime in the Course Materials and respond. 

Cyber-crime articles

• Former White House advisor urges action on 'cyber sanctuaries' (v3.co.uk)
• Cost of Cyber Crime (deurainfosec.com)
• UK says it gets hit by 1,000 cyber attacks monthly (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• A week in security: experts warn of cyber war threat (v3.co.uk)
• In Order to Catch a Computer Hacker it Takes a Computer Hacker (prweb.com)
• Government set for 'step change' in cyber security funding (v3.co.uk)
• Apple Inc. manager charged with wire fraud, money-laundering, unlawful monetary transactions worth 1 million (techvibes.com)
• Florida Mafia Crew Dismantled (gloucestercitynews.net)
• FBI Smashes cyber-crime ring (ghacks.net)
• Meridian's Frederick Berg charged with wire fraud, money laundering (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Met chief fears Brit cybercrime gangs (go.theregister.com)
• Russian Cybercrime is Organized / Russian Cybercrime is Not Organized (circleid.com)
• Former White House advisor wants cybercrime haven crackdown (go.theregister.com)
• Who's Benefiting From the Vatican's Money Laundering Scheme? (queerty.com)
• In Pursuit of Cyber Crime (blogs.technet.com)
• Cyber crime 'is most dangerous threat' Interpol chief warns after Facebook identity stolen (telegraph.co.uk)