PSS303 Transnational Crime and Globalisation Group-based Assignment July 2025 Presentation | SUSS

Question 1

Read the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime 2024. The document is available at United Nations General Assembly

The Convention’s nine chapters provide a comprehensive approach to prevent and combat the global problem of cybercrime while including human rights safeguards. The Convention resolves technical and legal challenges by adjusting traditional means and methods of criminal investigations to the information and communication technology environment and by strengthening international cooperation. Please refer to pages 36-37 of the convention for the preventive measures.

Crafting Interview Questions (Individual Component) 

Watch the Crimewatch episode about an internet love scam and money mule offences using the following link.

Assume the role of an investigative police officer tasked with interviewing a victim(s). Design TEN (10) interview questions for the victim(s). These questions should differ from those already asked in the video. After listing your questions, provide a rationale for your overall approach. Justify your choice of questions using relevant academic or theoretical perspectives. The justifications should address the full set of questions collectively, rather than explaining each question individually. The word count for this task is 400–500 words.

(20 marks)

Question 2

Essay (Group Component)

Differentiate cybercrime from other types of transnational crime, focusing on the 3Ps framework, which includes the primary offence, the preservation of crime, and the proceeds. Thereafter, assess three strategies that the Singapore government has implemented to curb cybercrime, with particular emphasis on measures to prevent scams.

Please ensure that your analysis is supported by evidence drawn from credible and legitimate sources, such as government reports, academic literature, and other relevant secondary research.

(70 marks)

Writing And Structure:

• Arranged in a tidy, logical, and cohesive way so that the reader can easily find the key points.
• Writing is clear and fluent, featuring nearly no errors in spelling, grammar, or sentence/paragraph structure.
• All sources are cited accurately and clearly.
  (10 marks)

Submission

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Plagiarism And Collusion

The assignment is to be completed on your own. Do not share your notes, draft or final GBA with anyone before the marked GBAs are returned to you.

Avoid plagiarism by giving yourself sufficient time to research and understand the material so that you can write up your assignment in your own words. Quotations should be used sparingly. Simply citing the source of ‘copied’ chunks of text does not excuse it from plagiarism. Do ensure that any paraphrasing is done appropriately, even if you use text from your own work that you have submitted as part of another assignment for the same or another course.

The University takes a very serious view of plagiarism (passing off someone else’s ideas as your own, or recycling of contents from your own earlier marked assignment from the same course or another course) and collusion (submitting an assignment which is the same or very similar to another student’s). Both are very serious academic offences. Please refer to the Student Handbook on the penalties of plagiarism or collusion. You are strongly advised to submit your assignment early, check the plagiarism report yourself, and if needed revise and resubmit your assignment before the submission deadline.