Yuliya Zabyelina (University of Alabama)

Between Immunity and Impunity

External Accountability of Political Elites for Transnational Crime

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 289
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781316514580
• ISBN-10: 1316514587
• Artikelnr.: 68802901

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Never Go to Jail?
1. The Immunities of public officials under international law
2. The immunity challenge in cases of the labor trafficking of diplomatic household workers
3. Immunity from foreign jurisdiction as a gateway to transnational corruption and money laundering
4. The triumphs and trials of public officials embroiled in drug trafficking
General conclusions
Index.