By Emma Bareihs, GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – More than 100 law enforcement and government professionals from 53 nations are investigating how to fight a growing threat to national security during the Countering Transnational Organized Crime program at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies here from July 10 to Aug. 1. “Governments around the world are waking up to the fact that transnational organized crime is a serious threat to national security throughout the globe,” said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dieter Bareihs, Marshall Center’s U.S. deputy director, during his opening remarks July 10. “The threat is real and you are the ones that we and your governments are investing to take the fight forward.” Held twice a year, the four-week CTOC resident course focuses on 21st century national security threats as a result of illicit trafficking and other criminal activities. “The Marshall Center has taken a lead role in educating security professionals in how to use a strategy development process to organize national and international resources to counter transnational organized crime,” said Professor Joe Vann, Marshall Center’s program director.
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