Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, and Organized Crime: Real World Meets Academia

October 17, 2012 , Noon
Location: 200 Churchill
Organizer: Gail Horn, Academic Advisor
Speaker: CJ Instructor: Diana Summers Dolliver
Contact: g.horn@neu.edu

The Council of Europe, in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other international governing bodies, has identified transnational organized crime as one of the greatest threats to the global community. How has academia approached this complex criminal phenomenon? How can academics advance the understanding of “organized crime” and help curb this increasingly concerning global problem?