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Joshua Potter, Deputy Executive Director of the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies, participated in the third edition of Philip Morris International’s Certification on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products: Convergence with Crime, where he discussed the relationship between illicit trade and tobacco, as well as its relationship to money laundering and terrorist financing. The discussion centered…

Today, President Biden is taking decisive action to detect, disrupt, and reduce the power of transnational criminal organizations and protect the American people with two executive orders (E.O.s) on transnational organized crime and illicit drugs. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/ Transnational organized crime is a billion-dollar business that transcends geographical boundaries and threatens global stability. Every year, millions of…

Fighting Illicit Trade Across E-Commerce Platforms, Online Marketplaces, and Digital World David M. Luna,Chair, Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG)Business at OECD (BIAC)Launch of OECD E-Commerce Report atNational IPR Coordination Center13 December 2021Alexandria, Virginia (Global Online) Good morning. Good afternoon. Let me first thank the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National IPR Coordination Center for hosting today’s…