https://www.scmp.com/rss/506874/feed 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,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com US President Joe Biden has renewed the country’s commitment to a stronger foreign policy, anchored in smart diplomacy, revitalised alliances and public-private partnerships to confront today’s global security challenges. But did he go far enough in addressing the twin evils of kleptocracy and illicit trade, which undermine our faith in our democratic institutions? As governments and communities deal with the effects of Covid-19, American leadership is needed more than ever to restore our trust... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3121847/bidens-foreign-policy-shift-should-address-cross-border-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3121847/bidens-foreign-policy-shift-should-address-cross-border-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:00:05 +0000 While communities and economies around the world confront the lethal effects of Covid-19, another pandemic, in illicit trade, is similarly wreaking havoc on people’s safety and the security of nations. Prior to the coronavirus, global illicit trade was already booming from an array of trafficking and smuggling crimes. Today’s global illicit markets generate trillions of dollars every year for transnational criminal organisations, complicit corrupt facilitators and other threat... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3096796/how-covid-19-proving-boon-criminal-networks-illicit-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3096796/how-covid-19-proving-boon-criminal-networks-illicit-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:30:12 +0000