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ICAIE Calls on Canada to Implement a Threat Convergence Framework to Safeguard its National Security by Robustly Combating Cross-Border Illicit Economies, Money Laundering, and Strategic Corruption
Washington, DC / Vancouver / ICAIE News (Press Release) / November 28, 2024: Speaking at the Vancouver International Security Summit (VISS), 25-26 November 2024, David M. Luna, Executive Director, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE), and a former U.S. diplomat and national security official, underscored the growing concerns shared by the United States related to…
Read MorePreliminary ICAIE Report: UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES OF THE PORT OF CHANCAY (PERU) IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT
Washington, DC / ICAIE News (Press Release) / November 22, 2024: The International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) announces the publication of a new Preliminary Report, entitled,”Understanding The Strategic Challenges of the Port of Chancay (Peru) in the Region Context” in the Americas, co authored by ICAIE Advisors Douglas Farah, Pablo Zeballos, IBI Consultants. Executive…
Read MoreHow Russian Surveillance Tech is Reshaping Latin America, Douglas Farah (An ICAIE Report for FIU)
How Russian Surveillance Tech is Reshaping Latin America 27 September 2024 Authors: Doug Farah, Senior Advisor and Director for Latin America Programs, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) Description: Over the past decade, Russian-based companies have provided sophisticated surveillance technology to several Latin American countries. These technologies are critical to the survival of the repressive regimes…
Read MoreE-Commerce and Digital Marketplaces: The Booming Business of Cross-Border Transaction Laundering
Washington, DC / ICAIE News (Press Release) / September 17, 2024: The International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) announces the publication of a new Fall 2024 Policy Brief entitled, “E-Commerce and Digital Marketplaces: The Booming Business of Cross-Border Transaction Laundering“, co-authored by John Cassara, David M. Luna, and Dr. Layla M. Hashemi. Executive Summary Criminals,…
Read MoreICAIE Announces New Investigative Docuseries ‘Illicit Economies of the Shadowverse’ in Partnership With Sam Rad
Press Release [ICAIE News] [Newswire]• Sep 10, 2024 06:00 EDT The Illicit Economies of the Shadowverse are all around us, everywhere. They know no borders. And they encompass the intricate, often unseen networks of illicit trade and criminalized economies that silently shape our world. Related Media Press Release WASHINGTON, September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) – The International Coalition Against…
Read MoreIrregular Warfare in Great Power Competition and Gray Zones: Prosecuting Authoritarian Subversion, Strategic Corruption & Criminality to Weaken Democracy
Irregular Warfare in Strategic Competition and Gray Zones: Prosecuting Authoritarian Subversion and Exploitative Use of Corruption and Criminality to Weaken Democracy The recording of the Presentation, Powerpoint, and White Paper and other supporting materials are up and available at https://nsiteam.com/smaspeakerseries_22august2024/ David M. Luna Executive Director International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA)…
Read MoreIllicit Trade Kills: Spotlighting the victims of illicit economies and greed crimes
Every year, criminalized trade and trafficking across illicit economies kill hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Illicit trade is not harmless nor a victimless crime. Illicit economies and greed crimes have tremendous human, economic, societal and security costs and consequences to governments, markets, industries, communities, and innocent citizens. From small villages in Africa…
Read MoreFourth Transnational Criminal Wave: New Extra Regional Actors and Shifting Markets Transform Latin America’s Illicit Economies and Transnational Organized Crime Alliances
Find our NEW ICAIE Research Report by our Senior Advisor, Douglas Farah, published by Florida International University, Summer, 19 June 2024. Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) in Latin America are undergoing significant transformations, driven by new alliances with extra-regional actors and supported by ideologically flexible authoritarian governments. These changes pose serious threats to democratic governance, the…
Read MoreNational Security Harms: Third Party Litigation Funding Corrodes the Integrity of Rules-Based Trade, the Rule of Law, the Justice Sector, and Open Markets
Remarks and Statement by David M. Luna, Chair of Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG), Business at OECD; and Executive Director, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) The reality today in a more complex, dangerous world, is that we are losing market share to criminals, terrorists, illicit threat networks, and their enablers who use the profits…
Read MoreICAIE Keynote Address at The Pentagon: Getting Ahead of the Game in a new Multi-Polar World across Today’s Spectrum of Threats, Converging Ecosystems of Criminality, and Hybrid (Irregular) Warfare
On May 8, 2024 ICAIE Executive Director, David M. Luna gave a keynote address at The Pentagon as part of the POM review and conference of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on countering drug trafficking, illicit threat networks, and threat convergence vectors. The program was chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for…
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