Illicit Trafficking
Illicit Trafficking
2017 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Alumni Programs Office is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Marshall Center Alumni Scholarships. This year, we solicited applications from nearly 12,000 alumni, and received over 200 proposals for 8 available scholarships. The Faculty Scholarship Committee read through all...
Countering Transnational Threats Seminar in Rio de Janeiro
The Perry Center team comprised of Celina Realuyo, Boris Saavedra and Kara O’Ryan participated in the three-day Countering Transnational Threats seminar co-sponsored and hosted by the Naval War College (Escola de Guerra Naval – EGN), Army School of Command and General Staff (Escola de Comando...
Counternarcotics, Global Threats Official Advises Security Professionals on CTOC Strategy
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – It is essential to create a strategic plan before attempting to tackle a problem like transnational organized crime, said the Deputy Assistant Secretary of...
Fast Facts: Countering Transnational Organized Crime 18-14
By Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 2, 2018) – The Marshall Center is hosting the Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime 18-14 from Aug. 2 to 24. The Program on Countering Transnational...
Global Law Enforcement Professionals Strategize Ways to Counter Transnational Organized Crime at Marshall Center
By James E. Brooks, George C. Marshall European Center Public Affairs Director GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 28, 2017) – Give any one of the 78 law enforcement professionals who graduated from the George C. Marshall European Center’s Countering Transnational Organized Crime course...
Jamaica Alumni Chapter Hosts Symposium on Human Trafficking
The Perry’s Center Jamaican Alumni Chapter organized and hosted a symposium on “Human Trafficking: The Scourge” led by chapter President, George Benson, and guest speakers Carol Palmer, Permanent Secretary – Ministry of Justice, Lisa Palmer-Hamilton – Office of the Director of Public...
Latest Issue of ‘per Concordiam’ on Migration Published on Marshall Center Website
By Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Sept. 24, 2018) – The latest issue of ‘per Concordiam’ is posted on the Marshall Center website at http://ow.ly/Ydqy30lWs25. This is the 32nd issue of ‘per Concordiam,’...
Marshall Center Alumni in Greece Hold First Networking Event in Athens in Conjunction With GCMC Seminar on Border Security
On 24 September in Athens, Greece, the Marshall Center and U.S. Embassy partnered to host a networking reception at the residence of the U.S. Defense Attache in conjunction with a three-day Marshall Center Seminar on Border Security. Over seventy alumni and guests were welcomed by...
Marshall Center Alumni Spark Policy Change, Big Criminal Busts
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 2, 2017) – More than a half-a-million dollars was seized and several criminals arrested in the first and second stand-alone money-laundering busts in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2016. This historical bust...
Marshall Center Course Improves English Skills to Fight Organized Crime
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Although not her native language, Police Inspector Irena Marelja speaks English every day in her job as inspector for analysis and data processing in Bosnia...
Marshall Center Course Strengthens Language Skills to Fight Organized Crime
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (May 9, 2017) – Dr. Ion Nastas, who is tasked with preventing and combating corruption in his country, has an answer for those who ask him why he needs to speak English since he works in the Republic of Moldova and...
Marshall Center Educates Security Professionals to Counter International Illicit Threat Networks
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 8, 2019) – International illicit threat networks operate with the intent to cause great harm to people, resulting in mass causalities, said the Deputy...
Marshall Center Fights Transnational Crime with 104 Participants from 53 Nations
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Security professionals from 53 countries will be able to act swiftly and effectively on transnational criminal organizations after their participation in the...
Marshall Center Highlights Strategies to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies 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...
Perry Center Kicks Off Regional Seminar on Countering Transnational Threats
August 10, 2016 The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and Colombia’s Escuela Superior de Guerra/Centro Regional de Estudios Estratégicos de Seguridad have convened over 100 senior defense and security professionals, from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay,...
Perry Center Professor Participates in Congressional Briefing
July 6, 2016 Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated in a Congressional briefing on “Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle” convened on July 6 by the Central America Caucus led by Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA), with Rep. David...
Perry Center Takes Transnational Threats Seminar to Guadalajara, Mexico
April 7-8, 2016, the Perry Center partnered with the University of Guadalajara’s Social Science and Humanities Department to carry out a “Countering Transnational Threats in the Americas Seminar” in Guadalajara, Mexico. Professors Boris Saavedra and Celina Realuyo presented before a crowd of...
Residential Phase of HR/ROL and CTTN 2019 Courses Come to a Close
April 08, 2019 On Friday, March 29, The Perry Center celebrated the graduation of students participating in the 2019 Combatting Transnational Threat Networks (CTTN) and Human Rights and Rule of Law (HR/ROL) courses. Attended by more than 80 civilian and military officials from across the...
Treasury Official Discusses U.S. Strategy to Fight Criminal Threats to Global Financial System
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – An official with the U.S. Department of Treasury discussed the new realities of transnational organized crime threats to national and international security...
Marshall Center Transnational Weekly
The Marshall Center Transnational Weekly is a current awareness, information and policy tool for Marshall Center stakeholders, faculty, staff, students and alumni to inform them about online publications by think tanks, research institutes and other organizations that deal with transnational...