Author: Louise I. Shelley - Louise I. Shelley is a Professor in the School of International Service and the founder and Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), American University. Her present research focuses on human smuggling and trafficking, the role of non-state actors in the proliferation of nuclear materials and the relationship between crime and terrorism. Recipient of numerous awards including the Guggenheim, Fulbright, NEH, and Kennan Institute, she is an active scholar having published three books as well as approximately 100 articles and book chapters. Since the mid-1990s, she has worked closely with scholars in Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia where TraCCC has established centers to study the problems of organized crime and corruption. She is also active in communicating the policy implications of her research and has testified repeatedly before the U.S. Congress, presented her findings at international fora and in the mass media.

DOI: 10.1080/17440570601073335

Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year

Published in: Global Crime, Volume 7, Issue 3 & 4 August 2006 , pages 544 - 560

Subject: Organized Crime;

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Previously published as: Transnational Organised Crime (1357-7387) until 2004