Archive for October 2026
A Stronger Colombia Can Help to Counter Growing Hemispheric Insecurity and Criminal Violence
Cooperation Partnership: A Joint Article by the Insituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echevarría Olózaga (ICP) and theInternational Coalition against Illicit economies (ICAIE) David M. LunaExecutive Director, ICAIE Carlos Augusto Chacón MonsalveExecutive Director, ICP Published by Policy Lab En Seguridad y Defensa, OCTOBER 2026 www.icpcolombia.org INTRODUCTIONThe Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga (ICP) publishes this…
Read MoreICAIE White Paper: Operationalizing ITP’s Article 24 Working Group to Optimally Fight Illicit Trade and Strengthen International Cooperation Across Borders
Washington, DC / ICAIE News (Press Release) / October 22, 2026 – David M. Luna, Executive Director, ICAIE, is pleased to announce the release of our latest ICAIE White Paper: “Operationalizing ITP’s Article 24 Working Group to Optimally Fight Illicit Trade and Strengthen International Cooperation Across Borders”. As the international community prepares for the 5th Meeting of…
Read MoreExamining Illicit Empires through the Criminal-Threat Convergence Prism
Upcoming ICAIE Monograph ©2027, Strategic Foresight: Anticipatory Security Policy Protocols to Manage the Kine-Dynamics of Future Power Conflicts and Global Threats: “Examining Illicit Empires through the Criminal-Threat Convergence Prism: The intersection of organized crime, illicit economies, corruption, and money laundering acts as a threat multiplier when they converge often with geopolitical vectors. Profits generated in…
Read MoreIllicit Shadows™, Project Helix™ Predictive Convergence System (PCS), Data Fragmentation, Strategic Intelligence, and Cross-Border Cooperation: The ICAIE Protocol
ICAIE Intelligence-led Partnerships Across Spectrum of Threats and Security Landscapes: Surfacing Criminal Networks, Illicit Pathways & Enablers The ICAIE Protocol: “Action Beats Reaction” Whoever adapts first in modern conflicts or asymmetrical security landscapes (e.g., gray zones or criminalized markets) holds the decisive advantage. As Sun Tzu noted, the art of war is like water—it avoids the…
Read MoreIllicit Shadows™ Project Helix™: A Crime Convergence Pioneering Digital Fusion Center for Strategic Intelligence and Strategic Foresight
What is the newest Illicit Shadows initiative, Project Helix™? Project Helix is a predictive convergence tool that helps turns fragmented intelligence into systemic foresight: how criminal, political, and economic networks reorganize after targeted disruptions. Seeing the Converging Threat Dots: Connecting Them. Making them Matter. Leveraging Actionable Intelligence. A disruption can move trade into different routes,…
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