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David Luna
David Luna
David M. Luna is president and CEO of Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies LLC. He is a former US diplomat and national security official; current chair of the Business at OECD Anti-Illicit Trade (AIT) Expert Group; chair of AIT Committee of the US Council for International Business (USCIB); member of The Business 20 (B20/G20) Integrity & Compliance Task Force; and a senior fellow for national security and co-director of the Anti-Illicit Trade Institute (AITI), at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, Corruption Centre, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University.

Corruption and illicit trade are threat multipliers that ripple across borders and imperil democratic freedoms and institutions. By advancing a national security strategy to tackle these two problems, Biden can work with allies and through public-private partnerships internationally.

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As the pandemic forces more people to go online for their needs, the black market trade – particularly in drugs, alcohol and tobacco – has boomed, causing untold harm to consumers and losing governments millions in critical revenue.

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