Under the Shadow: Illicit Economies in Iran | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Under the Shadow: Illicit Economies in Iran | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Author: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime November 10, 2020 Duration: 48:47

In this podcast, Jack is looking at the latest Global Initative Against Transnational Organized Crime report called 'Under the Shadow: Illicit Economies in Iran', which looks at how the illicit economy has become intertwined within the licit economy of the Iranian State.

Speakers

Alexander Soderholm, an international drug policy field researcher with a focus on Iran and the Middle East.

Katherine Bauer, a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US Treasury official.

Naysan Rafati, the Senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group

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