corruption

Considering Cross-Border Cartel Corruption Potentials in the United States

SWJED — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:40:33 +0000

Considering Cross-Border Cartel Corruption Potentials in the United States SWJED Thu, 01/16/2020 - 8:40am

Criminal cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) rely on corruption to enable their pursuit of criminal profit and power. Indeed, Mexico’s cartels emerged from the seeds of corrupt police profiting from the narcotics trade. While violence is the public face of criminal cartels and transnational gangs, corruption is the core threat to public trust and state legitimacy and capacity.

Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Hawala’s Damage to the Afghan Economy

SWJED — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 04:10:44 +0000

Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Hawala’s Damage to the Afghan Economy SWJED Sun, 09/29/2019 - 12:10am

Killing terrorists is not all about kinetic strikes, area clearances, and pinpoint raids. Terrorist organizations must be pressured in every aspect of their organization’s lifeblood. Attacking their coffers, often referred to as “counter-threat financing,” or CTF, is a key aspect of hurting terrorists from growing future capabilities and preventing future high-profile attacks.

Corruption in Mexico 2019: SWJ Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez

SWJED — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:29:50 +0000

Corruption in Mexico 2019: SWJ Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez SWJED Tue, 01/15/2019 - 12:29am

During my investigative journalism series regarding public health and environmental hazards in Jalisco, Mexico, one question that continued to rise to the top was corruption. In my research, I identified a superb expert: Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez. He is currently in residence at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy – Mexico Center.

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Combating Corruption

SWJED — Tue, 23 May 2017 11:08:01 +0000

Combating Corruption SWJED Tue, 05/23/2017 - 7:08am

Combating Corruption: Improving Department of Defense Support in Attacking the Corruption, Transnational Organized Crime, and Transregional Terror Organization Nexus

Friction Rises as Mexico Curbs U.S Role in Drug Fight

Peter J. Munson — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:16:53 +0000

Friction Rises as Mexico Curbs U.S Role in Drug Fight

An important article in yesterday's NY Times by Randal Archibold, Damien Cave, and Ginger Thompson.

MEXICO CITY — In their joint fight against drug traffickers, the United States and Mexico have forged an unusually close relationship in recent years, with the Americans regularly conducting polygraph tests on elite Mexican security officials to root out anyone who had been corrupted.

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Peter J. Munson Wed, 05/01/2013 - 2:16pm

Addressing an Ignored Imperative: Rural Corruption in Afghanistan

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:30:00 +0000

Addressing an Ignored Imperative: Rural Corruption in Afghanistan Peter J. Munson Tue, 02/19/2013 - 3:30am

An economic approach to understanding the nature of rural corruption in Afghanistan suggests that ISAF anti-corruption measures should focus directly, not indirectly, on this issue.

A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:23:23 +0000

A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Will Mexico’s admittance into the Trans-Pacific Partnership create an even more empowered global criminal network?

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corruption

Considering Cross-Border Cartel Corruption Potentials in the United States

Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Hawala’s Damage to the Afghan Economy

Corruption in Mexico 2019: SWJ Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez

Combating Corruption

Friction Rises as Mexico Curbs U.S Role in Drug Fight

Addressing an Ignored Imperative: Rural Corruption in Afghanistan

A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership

A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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