Author: TraCCC

Illegal Trade in Gold from Peru to Colombia: Understanding the Dynamics, Routes, and U.S. Linkages

Pardo-Herrera, Camilo (2022) Illegal Trade in Gold from Peru and Colombia. Understanding the Dynamics, Routes, and U.S. Linkages. The Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center. George Mason University. Arlington, Va.…

Terrorism and International Crime: Corruption as the Enabler

Shelley, Louise. Policy paper prepared for 54th Annual Munich Security Conference, February 2018.…

Criminal street gangs and domestic sex trafficking in the United States: evidence from Northern Virginia

Dr. Louise Shelley, Dr. Yulia Krylova. Published in Crime, Law, and Social Change, 2023.…

ISIS-Khorasan Appears to Be Replacing the Taliban’s Terror in Afghanistan

Authored by Dr. Mahmut Cengiz in Homeland Security Today. February 13, 2023. …

PERSPECTIVE: Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey: How Endemic Corruption Worsens the Situation

Authored by Dr. Mahmut Cengiz. Published in Homeland Security Today on February 9, 2023. …

Monitoring wildlife crime cases: A possible approach to reduce corruption in the justice system?

TNRC Practice Note, January 2023. Authored by Dr. Louise Shelley (TraCCC), Mike Belecky (WWF), Willow Outhwaite, and Eleanor Drinkwater (TRAFFIC).

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-practice-note-monitoring-wildlife-crime-cases-a-possible-approach-to-reduce-corruption-in-the-justice-system…

Shelley, Louise. Revisiting the Problem of Organized Crime in Post-Soviet DevelopmentShelley, Louise. Demokratizatsiya (Vol. 30, No. 2, Fall 2022)

Demokratizatsiya 30 Years On: Revisiting Our Past. Special Issue of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization.…

Turkey’s Upcoming Critical Elections and Its Possible Impacts on Tense Relations with the EU and US

Authored by Dr. Mahmut Cengiz in Modern Diplomacy on January 16, 2023.…

Are al-Qaeda’s 2022 Activities a Harbinger of the Terror Group’s Resurgence?

Authored by Dr. Mahmut Cengiz in Homeland Security Today. Published January 9, 2023. URL: https://www.hstoday.us/featured/are-al-qaedas-2022-activities-a-harbinger-of-the-terror-groups-resurgence/…

New security challenge: The growth of illicit trade and corruption

Authored by Dr. Louise Shelley. December 8, 2017 in NATO Review.…