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This course examines the most common types of financial crimes that occur in contemporary society. It also explores how law enforcement authorities and private sector investigators collaborate to solve these crimes. The course opens with a history of US financial regulations, particularly pre-9/11, and shows how the events of September 11 led to changes in the regulations that govern the collective financial industry. The course includes case studies on terrorist financing schemes and Anti- Money Laundering investigations and teaches students to use IBM’s i2 software to conduct, interpret, and write reports on, link analysis - a primary method for investigating electronic crime. The course concludes with an examination of how offenders use “dark web” as an illegal online marketplace to commit financial crime.