Posts Tagged ‘Fentanyl’
Canada Transnational Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking: Canada’s Role in Expanding Global Illicit Economies
“Money laundering is the biggest illicit market and organized crime threat facing Canada.” — David M. Luna ICAIE Calls on Canada to Safeguard its National Security by Robustly Combating Cross-Border Illicit Economies, Money Laundering, and Strategic Corruption Find below new CGLR and ICAIE Infographic on Canada Transnational Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking: Canada’s Role in…
Read MoreExamining Policies to Counter China: U.S. efforts to Counter Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking and Related Money Laundering by the People’s Republic of China (Testimony of John A. Cassara)
ICAIE’s Board Member and Senior Advisor, John Cassara testified this morning before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), United States Congress hearing on “Examining Policies to Counter China” and one of focused thematic areas on “U.S. efforts to Counter Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking and Related Money Laundering by the People’s Republic of China”. ICAIE continues…
Read MoreAs U.S. Ramps Up Operations Against Cartels & Criminal Networks, Leveraging Threat Intelligence Critical to Disrupt Money Laundering and Illicit Trade
As I have underscored in numerous events and press interviews this week in Washington DC, as the United States ramps up more robust and targeted law enforcement, intelligence, and security operations against the Mexican cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) causing violent havoc across borders, and pursuant to numerous Presidential executive orders and designations of…
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 MoreICAIE Issues New Policy Brief on The Growing Harms of Cross-Border Illicit Trade Vectors and Threat Convergence to Canada’s National Security: Urgent Attention and Action are Needed
WASHINGTON, DC, USA November 27, 2023: Today, the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE), a national security non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC, released a new report entitled, “The Growing Harms of Cross-Border Illicit Trade Vectors and Threat Convergence to Canada’s National Security“, co-authored by Calvin Chrustie and David M. Luna. The ICAIE policy brief and recommendations…
Read MoreAdvancing Public-Private Partnerships: Countering Illicit Economies and Crime Convergence – Spotlighting the Victims of Illicit Trade
In the coming months through numerous initiatives, projects, conferences, media interviews, and strategic communications, ICAIE will be advancing public-private partnerships to counter illicit economies and crime convergence, and bringing greater attention to the victims of illicit trade and related harms. Illicit economies are not harmless and can have tremendous human, economic, societal and security costs…
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