Most investigations of transnational criminal networks follow a known group or commodity such as the Italian Camorra, Chinese triads, or rhino or elephant poachers. By having a focus on key actors and commodities, much falls outside the attention of investigators. This fascinating analysis of a global Romanian crime group reveals a gaping hole in our…
White Paper: The Effects of the COVID-19 Response on Criminal Network Activity and Investigations
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David Maimon: “The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing followed”
One consequence of the public’s compliance with social distancing and quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp decline in most types of crime. It looks like people staying home made communities less conducive to crime. Unfortunately, the news isn’t as good as those numbers alone suggest. Other settings are seeing an increase in crime…
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: “Enhancing Disclosures in Victims of Sex Trafficking: Science Guiding Solutions” with Jodi Quas
Jodi Quas (University of California, Irvine) presents “Enhancing Disclosures in Victims of Sex Trafficking: Science Guiding Solutions”. For other talks in this series, please visit the CINA at Mason youTube channel.
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: “Computational Mathematics for Solving Global Challenges Involving Criminal Activities” with Padhu Seshaiyer
Padhu Seshaiyer (College of Science at George Mason University) presents “Computational Mathematics for Solving Global Challenges Involving Criminal Activities”. For other talks in this series, please visit the CINA at Mason youTube channel.
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: “Using Economic Principles to Identify and Understand Drug Trafficking Networks” with Siddharth Chandra
Watch Siddharth Chandra (James Madison College at Michigan State University) speak on “Using Economic Principles to Identify and Understand Drug Trafficking Networks”. For other talks in the series, please visit the CINA at Mason youTube channel.
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: “Understanding and Countering Mass Violence in America” with Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong
Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong (George Mason University) speak on “Understanding and Countering Mass Violence in America”. For other talks in the series, please visit the CINA at Mason youTube channel.
CINA Science Committee Member Louise Shelley quoted in AP article ‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
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NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profitable drugs as methamphetamine and fentanyl. One of the main suppliers that shut down is in Wuhan, the epicenter of…
A Race Against Crime: 2-Day ‘Hackathon’ Targets Human Trafficking
By Dixie Downing It wasn’t how they drew it up, when plans were to have all the competitors for the $3,000 grand prize spend the night in a single building, but the second annual “Hackathon” to combat human trafficking was a success nonetheless, according to organizers. The self-isolation and social distancing protocols required the two-day…
CINA Science Committee member Louise Shelley discusses the effect of COVID-19 on illicit trade.
World renowned expert on transnational crime and illicit trade Louise Shelley discusses the relationship of COVID-19 to illicit trade. Shelley is the founder and director of the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) She was an inaugural Andrew Carnegie Fellow that funded her to write her latest book, Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy…