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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Lindsey Roberson\, Human Trafficking Institute
DESCRIPTION:Tune in on Tuesday\, January 11 at 12:00 p.m. when Lindsey Roberson\, Executive Director of Legal Engagement at the Human Trafficking Institute speaks about her organization’s work in developing and advocating for innovative and data-driven strategies for combatting human trafficking based on proven victim-centered enforcement models. \nThis is a completely virtual event. \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nLindsey Roberson oversees HTI’s Country Programs prosecution efforts in Uganda and Belize\, where she focuses on increasing the specialized knowledge of prosecutors and other criminal justice practitioners handling human trafficking cases. Lindsey also leads HTI’s Thought Leadership team\, which develops and advocates for innovative and data-driven strategies for combatting human trafficking based on proven victim-centered enforcement models. Lindsey is an experienced federal and state prosecutor\, with over a decade of anti-trafficking litigation experience. Most recently she served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit\, a component of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division which focuses on enforcing the federal laws that prohibit forced labor and sex trafficking in the United States. Before her work as a federal prosecutor\, Lindsey served as an assistant district attorney in North Carolina\, where she prosecuted some of the first sex trafficking cases to conviction and drafted the state’s Safe Harbor Act for Victims of Sex Trafficking. Lindsey is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Law and served as a law clerk to the Honorable James C. Fox for the Eastern District of North Carolina following graduation.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speaker-series-lindsey-roberson-human-trafficking-institute/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T130000
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Marie Tillyer “Place-Based Improvements for Public Safety: Public Regulation\, Private Investment\, and Changes in Crime at Micro-places Across 6 US Cities"
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. when Dr. Marie Tillyer\, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio discusses place-based improvements for public safety: Public regulation\, private investment\, and changes in crime at micro-places across 6 US cities. This event will be completely virtual.\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n \nResearch on spatiotemporal crime patterns reveals that crime is concentrated at relatively few micro-places (e.g.\, addresses\, intersections\, street segments)\, it tends to be stable over time\, and changes at a small proportion of micro-places can have a considerable effect on a city’s overall crime level. These findings have prompted calls for targeted place-based interventions to efficiently allocate scarce prevention resources.  This presentation uses data from six unique urban landscapes (Chicago\, Los Angeles\, New York City\, Philadelphia\, San Antonio\, and Seattle) to explore spatiotemporal crime patterns.  Specifically\, we examine the relationship between two mechanisms for place-based improvements – public regulation in the form of municipal code enforcement and private investment in the form of building permits – and changes in crime at street segments over time.  The findings highlight how non-criminal justice policies\, such as incentivizing targeted private investment and prioritizing code enforcement at crime hot spots\, might be strategically implemented to enhance public safety. \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nMarie Skubak Tillyer\, who serves as Principal Investigator on the project\, is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has published over 40 peer reviewed journal articles\, with a focus on violence\, victimization\, and the spatial distribution of crime. She is co-author of School Zone: A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization (forthcoming\, Temple University Press)\, a place-focused analysis of crime involving adolescents in schools\, and current Co-Principal Investigator on a prospective\, longitudinal study funded by the National Institute of Justice examining the cumulative financial costs of victimization among college students at minority serving institutions.  In addition\, her past applied research has examined community supervision outcomes\, violence reduction\, crime analysis\, and human trafficking.  Much of her research is informed by an environmental criminological perspective that examines crime events and the immediate spatiotemporal circumstances in which they occur. Her collaborations with Drs. Walter and Acolin\, the project Co-Principal Investigators\, have led her to apply this perspective to studying crime across various geographical units\, including low-income housing developments\, businesses\, street blocks\, and street segments.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-marie-tillyer-open-source-data-and-predictive-modeling-for-high-density-crime-areas/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
CREATED:20210830T193620Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Gretchen Peters “How Organized Crime Weaponized Social Media"
DESCRIPTION:Tune in on Wednesday\, October 13 at 12:00 p.m. when Gretchen Peters\, Executive Director of The Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime who will speak about her organization’s work on the way organized crime has weaponized social media. In-person attendance is on a first come first serve basis. You must register in advance to attend.\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n \nThe in-person event will take place at the George Mason University\, Fairfax campus: Room 3301\, Exploratory Hall 4400 University Drive\, Fairfax\, VA 22030 \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nGretchen Peters is the Executive Director of The Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime (CINTOC). She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Defense Department and U.S. law enforcement on transnational organized crime and co-chaired an OECD Task Force on fighting wildlife crime. Her expertise is in researching and mapping transnational organized crime networks\, working with U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command among others. Gretchen authored the groundbreaking book\, Seeds of Terror\, about the Taliban’s role in the Afghan heroin trade. She has also written various chapters in leading academic books about the intersection of crime and conflict.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-gretchen-peters-how-organized-crime-weaponized-social-media/
LOCATION:George Mason University\, Fairfax Campus\, Exploratory Hall 4400 University Drive\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210414T133000
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Jeffrey Hardy "Illicit Trade in the Forms of Trademark Counterfeiting and Copyright Piracy"
DESCRIPTION:From smuggling\, counterfeiting and tax evasion\, to the trafficking of humans and wildlife\, illicit trade holds back progress\, increases costs and pushes the goals further away. While data on this clandestine activity has previously been scarce\, there is mounting evidence of the economic\, social and environmental losses it can cause.  \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nJeffrey Hardy is the Director-General of the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade\, where he manages a unique multi-sector business approach to combatting illicit trade. Before joining TRACIT\, he served as the Director of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP)\, where he united the global business community to fight illicit trade in the forms of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. From 2010-2017\, he also served as Director of the ICC G20 CEO Advisory Group\, where he coordinated international business priorities on the G20 policy agenda related to trade\, investment and anti-corruption. Jeff has long been an advocate for open and fair trade\, and to achieve these goals he mobilizes expertise from companies and business organizations. \nAs President of IDA Consulting\, Jeff has worked with dozens of international trade associations to help them more effectively navigate key policy arenas and gain from emerging legislative and regulatory regimes. \nFrom 1985 to 1998\, Jeff worked for the U.S. Department of Energy\, where he held positions as International Energy Economist and Director of the U.S. Clean Cities program. He holds a Master of Public Administration and Policy from George Mason University\, a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Illinois State University and an Honorary Degree for Energy Policy from the Oxford College of Petroleum Studies. In 1992\, he was awarded the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s Silver Medal for his meritorious service during the Gulf War. \nContact: \nJeff.Hardy@TRACIT.org \n+1.239.935.9839
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-jeffrey-hardy-illicit-trade-in-the-forms-of-trademark-counterfeiting-and-copyright-piracy/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T143000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
CREATED:20210301T214533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T170302Z
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SUMMARY:Cyber Extremism and Violence in a Hyperconnected World
DESCRIPTION:Cyberspace content and interactions have emerged as a breeding ground for the spread\, or even birth of extremism and violence. From the large-scale spreading of authority-undermining or divisive misinformation\, to the recruitment of terrorists or gang members\, to the planning of extremist activities\, we are increasingly observing the growth of a cyberphysical nexus of extremism. Within this dynamic connection\, extremist ideas spill over from cyberspace to the real world\, leading to violence and increasingly complex threats to homeland security.\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n \nIn this event we bring together leading academic experts to discuss this catalyst of extremism and violence\, aiming at advancing our ability to identify and monitor such activities across the cyberphysical spectrum. Panel discussions are followed by breakout sessions to identify relevant research priorities. \nView the agenda \n  \nKeynote Speaker\n \n  \nJohn Picarelli\, Director\, Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention at U.S. Department of Homeland Security \n\n\nModerators\n \n  \n  \nWilliam Braniff\, Director\, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)\, University of Maryland \n  \n \n  \n\nGina Scott Ligon\, Program Director\, National Counterterrorism Innovation\, Technology\, and Education Center (NCITE)\, University of Nebraska Omaha \n\n  \n  \n\n \n\n  \n  \n\nAnthony Stefanidis\, Professor of Computer Science\, College of William & Mary \n\n\n  \nSpeakers\n \n  \n  \nAudrey Alexander\, Instructor\, Combating Terrorism Center\, West Point \n  \n  \n \n  \nTerry Gudaitis\, Director of the Intelligence Studies Program\, Department of Criminology\, Law and Society\, George Mason University \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nNicolás Velasquez Hernandez\, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist\, Institute for Data\, Democracy & Politics\, George Washington University \n  \n\n\n  \nSeamus Hughes\, Deputy Director\, Program on Extremism\, George Washington University \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nSheehan Kane\, Researcher/Data Collection Manager\, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)\, University of Maryland \n  \n \n  \n  \nJillian Peterson\, Associate Professor – Criminal Justice\, Hamline University \n 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cyber-extremism-and-violence-in-a-hyperconnected-world/
LOCATION:Virtual (WebEx)
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Diana Dolliver "Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Investigations: From Transaction to Seizure"
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will cover the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies\, transactions\, and blockchain technologies\, and how this form of currency can be used to facilitate criminal activity. Dr. Dolliver will explain how cryptocurrencies can be obtained and stored\, how transactions can be traced\, and how these assets can be potentially seized by law enforcement officials through legal processes and the use of digital forensic evidence. Dr. Dolliver will also cover the methods criminals take to obfuscate transactions to hide their activities and avoid attribution\, as well as discussing best practices for law enforcement agencies when handling cryptocurrencies. \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nDr. Diana Dolliver is a cyber criminologist and policing scholar at the University of Alabama and serves as a Task Force Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Cyber Squad. Dr. Dolliver has an active TS/SCI national security clearance and her areas of expertise include darknet-based criminality\, cryptocurrency transaction analysis\, and digital forensics. Dr. Dolliver also studies matters of national security and cybersecurity and warfare. She is a certified Chainalysis Investigation Specialist and holds multiple other certifications in cryptocurrency transaction analysis\, mobile device forensics\, and vehicle forensics.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-diana-dolliver-cryptocurrencies-and-criminal-investigations-from-transaction-to-seizure/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
CREATED:20201216T191029Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Celina Realuyo “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy\, Security and Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas”
DESCRIPTION:Latin America and the Caribbean have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that will have a detrimental impact on the health\, economy\, budgets and security of the region. Prior to the pandemic\, Latin America and the Caribbean were already facing slow growth\, indebtedness\, inequality\, inadequate healthcare\, corruption\, transnational organized crime\, migration crises and social protests. Governments will be hard pressed to provide and finance the services necessary for the medical and socio-economic recovery from the pandemic. Meanwhile\, transnational criminal organizations will capitalize on governments’ preoccupation with COVID-19 to diversify and expand their activities that will likely result in more violence\, instability and challenges to governance throughout the Americas. The U.S. must strive to remain the “partner of choice” in region by bolstering efforts to assist its neighbors in promoting health\, prosperity and security in the Hemisphere during the pandemic and beyond. \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nCelina Realuyo is Professor of Practice at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University where she focuses on US national security\, illicit networks\, transnational organized crime\, counterterrorism and threat finance issues in the Americas. As a former US diplomat\, international banker with Goldman Sachs\, US counterterrorism official\, and professor of international security affairs at the National Defense\, Georgetown\, George Washington\, and Joint Special Operations Universities\, Professor Realuyo has over two decades of international experience in the public\, private\, and academic sectors. She speaks regularly in English and Spanish on “Managing US National Security in 21st Century\,” “The 3 R’s: Responding to Risk with Resourcefulness\,” “Following the Money Trail to Combat Terrorism\, Crime\, and Corruption\,” and “Combating the Convergence of Illicit Networks in an Age of Globalization.” Professor Realuyo is a regular commentator in the international media\, including CNN en Español\, Deutsche Welle\, Foreign Policy\, Reuters\, and Univisión and has testified before Congress on national security\, terrorism\, and crime issues. \nThroughout her career\, Professor Realuyo has been a trusted strategic advisor to the most senior leaders in US government\, military\, business\, and academic circles on international issues. As a professor of national security at the National Defense University since 2007\, she has educated top US and foreign military and civilian leaders. From 2002-2006\, Professor Realuyo served as the State Department Director of Counterterrorism Finance Programs in the US Secretary of State’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism in Washington\, DC In the wake of the September 11\, 2001 attacks\, she returned to government service to apply her international banking skills to the financial front of the war on terror. She co-chaired the Terrorist Financing Working Group and managed a multi-million dollar foreign assistance program to safeguard financial systems against terrorist financing. Under her stewardship\, the US delivered training and technical assistance to over 20 countries across four continents (including Afghanistan\, Indonesia\, Iraq\, Pakistan\, and Saudi Arabia\, for over 1800 foreign counterparts\, and her team received an “A-” from the 9/11 Commission for their efforts to combat terrorist financing in 2005. Prior to returning to Washington\, Professor Realuyo was a private banker in London with Goldman Sachs International providing strategic wealth advisory services to the most prominent families in the world. Previously\, she had a distinguished career as a US Foreign Service Officer serving as a political officer abroad in Madrid\, Panama\, and the US Mission to NATO\, Brussels. In Washington\, she served at the highest levels of government\, in the State Department Operations Center\, National Security Council’s White House Situation Room\, and as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. \nProfessor Realuyo is a graduate the Harvard Business School\, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)\, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service\, and holds a Certificate from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris\, France. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, International Institute for Strategic Studies\, and Women in International Security. Professor Realuyo has traveled to over 70 countries and speaks English\, French\, and Spanish fluently\, and is conversant in Italian\, German\, Filipino\, and Arabic.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-celina-realuyo-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-economy-security-and-transnational-organized-crime-in-the-americas/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200916T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: “Finding Trafficking Networks in Online Commercial Sex Ads” with Crysta Price\, HTI Labs\, Creighton University
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion about human trafficking\, including a case walkthrough that describes how data analytics\, AI\, and collaboration with law enforcement agencies led to the dismantling of a large international sex trafficking organization. \nREGISTER NOW \nSpeaker Biography:  \nCrysta Price\, the founder of HTI Labs\, a company using data science to unmask trafficking networks\, will discuss the origins of her company and the ecosystem of products that she is developing to counter human trafficking. She will discuss her basic approach as well as some of the tools used in these products and conclude with a discussion of the support HTI Labs provided to Operation Extended Stay\, an HSI investigation resulting in the dismantling of the largest international commercial sex network operating in the United States. \n 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-crysta-price-finding-trafficking-networks-in-online-commercial-sex-ads/
LOCATION:Virtual (WebEx)
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515
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SUMMARY:Virtual CINA Distinguished Speaker Series - April and May 2020
DESCRIPTION:Please click here to register and get more information about the April 23rd speaker series event with Siddharth Chandra (Using Economic Principles to Identify and Understand Drug Trafficking Networks). \nPlease click here to register and get more information about the April 30th speaker series event with Padhu Seshaiyer (Computational Mathematics for Solving Global Challenges Involving Criminal Activities). \nPlease click here to register and get more information about the May 14th speaker series event with Jodi Quas (Enhancing Disclosures in Victims of Sex Trafficking: Science Guiding Solutions). \n 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/virtual-cina-distinguished-speaker-series-april-and-may-2020/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190305T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
CREATED:20190211T185744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190301T185311Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speakers Series 2019: The Business of Transnational Crime\, Channing Mavrellis
DESCRIPTION:Sign up to attend through Eventbrite.  \nChanning Mavrellis is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)\, transnational crime analyst\, and author of the March 2017 report\, “Transnational Crime and the Developing World\,” which explores 11 different criminal markets\, and their dynamics and impact on developing countries. \nJoin us on Tuesday March 5th in Exploratory Hall 3301 from 12:00 pm- 1:30 pm for food\, refreshments\, and learning about the business of transnational organized crime (TOC)\, focusing on the professionalization of different sectors and roles\, the interplay between legal and illegal trades\, and the need to change the lens through which we view\, discuss\, and combat TOC. \nSign up to attend through Eventbrite.  \nTransnational crime is business\, and business is good. \nMost of the organized criminal groups and networks engaged in transnational crime share many similarities with the companies found on the Fortune 500 list: they are overwhelmingly profit-motivated; they are always looking for a better way to do business; they closely follow and adopt technological advances; they employ the best of the best gatekeepers—lawyers\, accountants\, and company formation agents; they have benefited considerably from globalization and the greater connectivity between buyer and seller; they diversify into new markets and products. Of the few major differences that separate them\, most glaring are the products they deal in\, the methods they use to obtain goods and services\, and/or the violence used to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage. For transnational crimes that also have legal trades\, particularly environmental crimes\, there is a strong overlap between legal and illegal actors with a fine line\, often just a piece of paper\, separating them. \nDespite all of the similarities with business\, transnational crime has frequently been viewed and combated through a moral lens that overlooks basic economic and business principles and treats organized crime groups and networks as unique actors. This approach will never produce meaningful results. \nSign up to attend through Eventbrite. 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speakers-series-first-installment/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180611T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180611T154500
DTSTAMP:20260522T032404
CREATED:20180613T175817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180613T175817Z
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SUMMARY:CINA-Organized Session on Detecting and Disrupting Transnational Criminal Activities
DESCRIPTION: CINA Director Dr. Anthony Stefanidis organized and moderated the panel on Detecting and Disrupting Transnational Criminal Activities as part of the 2018 Commonwealth Conference on National Defense and Intelligence (www.ccndi.org)\, in Charlottesville\, VA\, on June 11\, 2018. A featured a panel of experts on the topic of transnational criminal activities\, comprised of CINA researchers Dr. Rangwala and Dr\, Costa (both with GMU)\, Ms. Veronica Buckley (intelligence analysis manager for the Polaris NGO)\, and Mr. Tom Pocorobba (Deputy Director\, JTF)  addressed issues related to human trafficking\, transnational gang networks\, financial crime\, and associated operational issues. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-organized-session-on-detecting-and-disrupting-transnational-criminal-activities/
LOCATION:University of Virginia and Rivanna Station in Charlottesville\, VA
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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