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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,…
Read MoreICAIE Intelligence-led Partnerships Across Spectrum of Threats and Security Landscapes: Surfacing Criminal Networks, Illicit Pathways & Enablers
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 strong…
Read MoreE-Commerce and Digital Marketplaces Remain Significant Conduits for Illicit Trade (ICAIE)
Illicit trade has evolved into a more sophisticated, lucrative global illegal economy especially across today’s digital marketplaces, that yields criminals and illicit networks at least $2 trillion every year. In summer 2026, the World Customs Organization (WCO), reported that the rise of e-commerce was a significant channel for illicit trade, accounting for close to 50%…
Read MoreDavid M. Luna Invited to Address the 2027 Spring Lex Universalis: The Global Law Symposium, Oxford Union, March 2027
It is an absolute privilege to have been selected by the Oxford Symposia Committee to present a paper and address delegates at the 2027 Spring Lex Universalis: The Global Law Symposium (Spring 2027) at one of the world’s most celebrated forums for debate, the Oxford Union, Oxford University. I will be providing my insights and…
Read MoreNavigating Criminal-Threat Convergence Vectors in India and South Asia
I look forward to my upcoming visit to South Asia next month to continue to advance a global dialogue on criminal-threat convergence fueling greater chaos, insecurity, and instability around the world. “Anticipatory security protocols and strategic intelligence are needed more than ever across South Asia – and beyond – to disrupt threat convergence vectors, dismantle…
Read MoreCenter for Strategic Intelligence: Illicit Shadows Project: Full Spectrum Dominance
We continue to work through numerous brainstorms and synaptic intelligence constructs for developing frontier policy protocols and technological innovations related to today’s criminal-threat convergence landscapes and the impact of transnational security vectors across markets, illicit economies, gray zones, and asymmetrical battlespaces. #EveryThingisConnected Center for Strategic Intelligence – Illicit Shadows LLC International Coalition Against Illicit Economies…
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