Description
In this podcast, Jack is looking at the latest Global Initative Against Transnational Organized Crime report called 'Under the Shadow: Illicit Economies in Iran', which looks at how the illicit economy has become intertwined within the licit economy of the Iranian State.
Speakers
Alexander Soderholm, an international drug policy field researcher with a focus on Iran and the Middle East.
Katherine Bauer, a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US Treasury official.
Naysan Rafati, the Senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group
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Colombia is a country that has been racked by conflict for around 60 years - multiple armed groups and organized crime have waged war against each other and the state.
In 2016, after nearly seven years of negotiations, the FARC demobilized, creating a power vacuum that other groups, such as the...
Published 10/28/24
The History of the American Mafia: How the Mob Built Its Empire in the US, with Former Gambino Crime Family Associate, Louis Ferrante.
In this episode, Mark sits down with former Mob associate Louis Ferrante to discuss his book, Borgata: The Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia.
The...
Published 09/23/24