GMU: Criminal Networks, Smuggling and WMD

The Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason's School of Public Policy is hosting an event: Criminal Networks, Smuggling and WMD

 A conference to address the problem of criminal facilitation in WMD proliferation in the United States and abroad. Speakers will focus on actual cases and not hypothetical scenarios, and confirmed linkages between crime and terrorist groups will be discussed and analyzed.

Speakers at this Two-Day Event Include:

Dr. Hassan Abbas, Quaid-I-Azam Chair Professor at Columbia University, formerly of Pakistani National Police assigned to Northwest Frontier Territories, specialist on nuclear proliferation Discussion: "Pakistan: Lessons from AQ Khan Nuclear Proliferation Practices" Anadalou Atayun, Commissioner, Turkish National Police, Mersin, Turkey Discussion: “Crime-Terror Nexus: Concrete Examples from the Field”

Michael Bronner, Independent Journalist and Author of the report 100 Grams and Counting: Notes from the Nuclear Underworld (June 2008)

Mahmut Cengiz, George Mason University PhD student, former Turkish National Police Chief of Counter-Nuclear Smuggling Division. Discussion: “Analysis of WMD Cases in Turkey: Police Seizure of WMD Materials”

Douglas Farah, President of IBI Consultants and a Senior Fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center Discussion: “Illicit Networks and Threats: A Latin American Perspective”

Tom Kellermann, Vice President of Security Awareness and Strategic Partnerships, Core Security Technologies Discussion: “Asymmetrical Airfare in the Digital Age: The Supreme Challenge”

Dr. Aleko Kupatadze, PhD from St. Andrew’s University, former TraCCC Georgia Center researcher and author of “Radiological Smuggling and Uncontrolled Territories: The Case of Georgia,” (Global Crime, vol. 8, no.1, 2007). Discussion: “Is Radiological Trafficking Organized Crime? The Case of Georgia”

Dr. Matt McKinzie, National Resources Defense Council, Author of “Detecting Nuclear Smuggling” (Scientific American, April 2008). Discussion: "Federal Priorities for Protection Against Nuclear Smuggling and WMD"

 Dr. Louise Shelley, Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, George Mason University, author of “Trafficking in Nuclear Materials: Criminals and Terrorists” (Global Crime, vol.7, Issues 3&4, August 2006). Discussion: “The Crime-Terror Nexus: Connecting the Dots”

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