Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Find the English equivalents for the following word-combinations. Reproduce them in situations from the text.

- нарушать законы нескольких стран

- отмывание денег

- незаконная продажа оружия

- принять незамедлительные меры

- выдавать преступника другому государству

- оказывать техническую поддержку друг другу

- привлекать к суду

- контрабандисты оружия, взрывчатых веществ

- разоблачать преступную деятельность

II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1. The word “transnational” describes crimes that involve law-breakers of different nationalities.

2. Globalization has been a huge benefit for international criminal organizations.

3. Transnational crime differs from organized crime.

4. The only way to combat transnational crime effectively is if law enforcement becomes transnational too.

5. It is very easy for law enforces to work together across national borders.

6. Europol is the international police organization which coordinates a global approach to fighting crime.

7. The UN has classified all transnational criminal groups into 17 ones.

8. The most dangerous transnational crimes are crimes against property

III. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combination in English. Work in pairs:

1. money laundering

2. corruption

3. to extradite criminals

4. to put criminals on trial

5. cross-border activities

6. to expose

IV. Elicit the main sentences of the text.

V. Fill the gaps with the words from the box, read and translate the text. One word is not necessary.

crimes killed mission illegal (2) code-named endangered suspected operation enforcement investigation Interpol

Africa’s largest undercover ______________ into _______ trade in ______ species has discovered a ton of ________ ivory, cheetah and leopard skins, and hippopotamus teeth. The five-country _______, ___________ Operation Baba, was co-ordinated by ___________. It resulted in the arrests of almost 60 _______ criminals.

Conservationists say that governments and law ________ agencies need to do more to combat ______ such as ivory-poaching and bush-meat hunting. They estimate that between 4,000 and 20,000 elephants are _________ for their tusks each year.

DIALOGUE

CIVPOL – the civilian police

A: So, Commander Badulescu, what are the most difficult issues facing police officers on international Civilian police missions?

B: I think that intercultural communication is probably the most difficult issue that international Civilian police missions face. Many of my own officers have had to manage a situation where there their personnel come from different policing cultures and do not have the same ideas about what is good practice. There have been problems related to, for example, different attitudes toward the treatment of suspects and the use of force generally. Then there’s the issue of deciding which law CIVPOL should apply in exercising executive authority. When CIVPOL personnel arrive in a country there is often no operating criminal justice system. If the local system that usually decides how suspects should be arrested, processed, detained, and brought before a court is not functioning, which system do you see? The members of CIVPOL missions come from countries with very different legal systems, so it can be difficult for them to know best to operate.

A: And I would imagine that the monitors all come to a mission with different levels of English or French?

B: Yes, but language training is something we can easily provide. There are other non-linguistic communication skills which are more important to the success of any mission.

A: Could you tell us a bit more about these skills?

B: We have to teach our personnel not to stereotype. We need to help them realize how their own culture affects their attitudes towards, for example, authority, or the position of women in society or at work, or alcohol. They must be prepared for the fact that the culture of the country they are in is different: and they will have to accept these differences. Different doesn’t mean wrong. It sounds obvious, but people are not necessarily very aware about where their ideas and opinions about such things come from.

A: So what about culture shock? Does that happen?

B: Yes, it’s very common when personnel first arrive in a posting. Luckily, we have a lot of experience in dealing with it and we can teach strategies to enable people to overcome it. It usually helps when they begin to understand the effect that the way they speak and behave can have on their colleagues and the local population. Things such as tone of voice and body language – the movements of hands, etc. – whether or not you look someone in the eye when you are speaking to them, it can all be very different from culture to culture. There really is a lot to learn …

I. What kinds of problems can there be when law enforces from different countries and cultures have to work together? Make a list.

II. Act out a dialogue with a partner.

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