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U.S. Efforts to Combat Illicit Financial Networks

Posted: March 16th, 2017

By Celina Realuyo

Celina Realuyo is Professor of Practice at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University. She is a former U.S. diplomat, international banker with Goldman Sachs, foreign policy advisor under the Clinton and Bush Administrations, and State Department Director of Counterterrorism Finance Programs.

The Cipher Brief sat down with Celina Realuyo, Professor of Practice in the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at National Defense University, to discuss how terrorist groups have used hawala networks to transfer funds undetected to help support their operations.

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