Aired March 23, 2011
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Principal with a focus on counternarcotics, intelligence, and counterterrorism. Angela has deep expertise in law enforcement and the whole-of-government and inter-agency strategies used to combat illicit supply chains.
To combat global illicit supply chains more effectively, the government has had to evolve its response strategy. In addition to their traditional approach of going after kingpins or leads of criminal organizations, they have focused more attention on the business functions in which the illicit supply chains operate. Illicit supply chains and criminal organizations, however, continue to change as they are forced to adapt and come up with new ways of operating as a result of increased pressure from law enforcement. Read more
In order to tackle these global criminal networks, it's important to use a “whole-of-government” approach, not just among US law enforcement, the Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community, and related agencies, but to involve international partners and multi-lateral organizations. For instance, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement works closely with the World Customs Organization to combat global illicit supply chains that often interfere with legitimate trade. Read more
Booz Allen Hamilton has a unique perspective because of the mission insight we’ve gained through our work with so many government agencies and our staff that includes former government leaders and subject matter experts. What we really do well within our company is collaboration – sharing ideas from across the spectrum of experiences and agency knowledge. We're kind of a microcosm of the client organizations, so by making connections within Booz Allen we can help our clients make connections within their own broader departments and agencies. Read more
Executive Advisor with extensive experience in international affairs. Anthony is the former Assistant Administrator and Chief of Intelligence at the US Drug Enforcement Administration and is a subject matter expert in the areas of counterterrorism, money laundering, border security, and Latin America affairs.
Latin America-based transnational criminal organizations represent a significant threat to our national security. This threat involves the flow of illicit drugs into the country, as well as cash and US-sourced weapons southbound to fuel instability in Mexico and Central America. If US government agencies are to more successfully combat this growing menace, they must invest in a deeper understanding of not only the criminal organizations and the contraband itself, but also the interconnected business processes, which make up these illicit supply chains.
~Anthony Placido, Executive Advisor
Lead Associate with deep expertise in the areas of supply chain management and risk management, as well as supply chain resilience.
The law enforcement and intelligence communities traditionally have approached the movement of illegal goods (i.e. drugs, money) and human trafficking by concentrating on the criminal kingpin and his associates – the “bad actors” who set up and profit from the illicit supply chain. The premise has been to take out the kingpin and disrupt the criminal enterprise. But the shortcomings of this approach are evident: While there may be a temporary leadership vacuum, there's no shortage of candidates to take over as kingpin, and meanwhile, the structure of the supply chain stays intact. Read more
The biggest challenge in taking this new approach to disrupting the flow of illicit goods is the need to work across agencies and geographic boundaries. We have enforcement agencies with specific charters – the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection, for instance – trying to eliminate transnational criminal enterprises that face no such limits; they just go wherever the profit makes sense. As a result, most agencies only see small parts of the overall criminal structure, and are measured on the successes they achieve within their own limitations. Read more
Booz Allen has identified a three-phase attack structure to take on the challenge of disrupting these global illicit supply chains. Phase one is about “painting the picture” – characterizing and identifying the end-to-end network, the people and entities that comprise it, and tracking the criminal goods, whether cash, weapons, drugs, or people. This is well under way now.
Next is tactical implementation, creating a prioritized list of vulnerabilities and providing that information to the law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They can take that information and, using their traditional approaches of attacking these networks, pursue those elements in their Read more
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