/ en /news/2022-05/podcast-ep-39-russias-war-ukraine-tied-corruption-organized-crime <span>Podcast - EP 39: Russia's war in Ukraine is tied to corruption, organized crime</span> <span><span>Damian Cristodero</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-05-20T12:39:34-04:00" title="Friday, May 20, 2022 - 12:39">Fri, 05/20/2022 - 12:39</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/president" hreflang="und">Gregory Washington</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lshelley" hreflang="und">Louise I. Shelley</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Louise Shelley, a University Professor and director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center explains to Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Gregory Washington the connections between the war in Ukraine and Russian corruption and organized crime, and how criminals and terrorists take advantage&nbsp;in diverse ways of the globalized world in which we live. Shelley’s center exposes that criminality and recently helped take 55 million counterfeit and sub-standard medical masks out of circulation worldwide with the takedown of more than 50,000 online marketplaces and social media posts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&amp;i=bjhzt-122f101-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;rtl=0&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;size=150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Russia’s war in Ukraine tied to corruption, organized crime" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7311" hreflang="en">Access to Excellence podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/326" hreflang="en">Podcast Episode</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/226" hreflang="en">podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/556" hreflang="en">Schar School of Policy and Government</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8866" hreflang="en">Russia</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15151" hreflang="en">Ukraine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/591" hreflang="en">Schar School of Policy and Government Terrorism Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6241" hreflang="en">transnational crime</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8701" hreflang="en">Corruption</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 20 May 2022 16:39:34 +0000 Damian Cristodero 70451 at /news/2017-08/mason-receives-multimillion-dollar-center-excellence-award-department-homeland <span>Â鶹ÊÓƵ receives multimillion-dollar Center of Excellence Award from the Department of Homeland Security</span> <span><span>Damian Cristodero</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-08-03T11:53:41-04:00" title="Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 11:53">Thu, 08/03/2017 - 11:53</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1371" hreflang="en">Quality</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1331" hreflang="en">Impact</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2411" hreflang="en">Size</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/591" hreflang="en">Schar School of Policy and Government Terrorism Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6291" hreflang="en">Center for Evidence Based Crime Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6251" hreflang="en">Department of Criminology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4716" hreflang="en">Law and Society</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6271" hreflang="en">Forensic Sciences Program</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3016" hreflang="en">criminology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4331" hreflang="en">sociology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6276" hreflang="en">security and intelligence communities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2176" hreflang="en">social sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3726" hreflang="en">natural sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6231" hreflang="en">policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3036" hreflang="en">engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6236" hreflang="en">Dr. S. David Wu</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6226" hreflang="en">Louise Shelley</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6286" hreflang="en">Desmond Arias</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6281" hreflang="en">Anthony Stefanidis</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6256" hreflang="en">Paulo Costa</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2991" hreflang="en">David Weisburd</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6246" hreflang="en">Allison Redlich</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6296" hreflang="en">Jim Jones</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3936" hreflang="en">Mary Ellen O'Toole</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6221" hreflang="en">multi-million dollar grant</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6266" hreflang="en">patterns on criminal activities and forensics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6241" hreflang="en">transnational crime</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3741" hreflang="en">multidisciplinary</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6216" hreflang="en">Department of Homeland Security Office of University Programs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6261" hreflang="en">DHS Center of Excellence in Criminal Investigation and Network Analysis</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/271" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:53:41 +0000 Damian Cristodero 38321 at