Louise Shelley is the Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and University Professor at George Mason University. She directs the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), and is a leading expert on the relationship among terrorism, organized crime and corruption as well as human trafficking, transnational crime and terrorism with a particular focus on the former Soviet Union.
Publications:
Project Title: Illicit Trade: Global Challenge
In the News:
- Shining a Light on “Dark Commerce” (The American Interest)
- Trafficking in Persons Report: 15 Years Later (Harvard Political Review)
- Interrupting Funding to Terrorist Groups (Marketplace)
- ISIS’ Members Depend on Petty Crime to Function in Europe (NYTimes)
- A Hazy Crisis: Illicit Cigarette Smuggling In the OSCE Region (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)
- Illicit Online Opioid Vendors (C-SPAN)
