Archive for June 2023
Rapidly Transforming Hemispheric Security Threat Environment in Latin America: ICAIE Briefing to SOUTHCOM, 9 June 2023
An honor for ICAIE to brief U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and other partners in Miami this week on the Rapidly Transforming Hemispheric Threat Environment including transnational organized crime, illicit trade, terrorist financing, money laundering/TBML and corruption across Latin America. ICAIE collaborates across sectors to leverage threat intelligence and harness collective action to disrupt and dismantle…
Read MoreChina Desk: Interview with ICAIE’s John Cassara
China Desk (Federal Newswire) June 2023 Interview with ICAIE’s John Cassara on his new book China – Specified Unlawful Activities: CCP Inc., Transnational Crime and Money Laundering. Cassara is an expert in anti-money laundering and counter-terror finance, with special expertise in money laundering in the Middle East and the growing threat of alternative remittance systems…
Read MoreTransnational Criminal Organizations: The Menacing Threat to the U.S. Homeland
Testimony of Douglas FarahPresident, IBI Consultants, LLCBefore theHouse Committee on Homeland SecuritySubcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence The multi-billion dollar illicit economies in Latin America, centered on the cocaine trade but diversifying to new commodities and activities, are undergoing profound restructuring with long-term strategic repercussions for the United States and its allies in the…
Read MoreInternationalizing the Fight against Hubs of Illicit Trade (HIT) and Criminalized Markets
In February 2021, the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) and its Anti-Illicit Trade Institute (AITI) embarked on a two-year research project to examine “Hubs of Illicit Trade” around the world. Academic literature and studies have shown hubs of illicit trade and illicit economies facilitate the production, illegal trade, and trafficking of counterfeit and…
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