From Dark Networks to Dark Markets: Applying Intelligence Principles to Human Trafficking Networks

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(Pacific)
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Conference Room
Speaker: 
  • Maj. David Blair,
  • Martha Crenshaw

Speaker Bio:

David Blair is an Air Force officer with a background in Special Operations who has served as an instructor pilot and subject matter expert on illicit terror networks in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations. Applying Social Network Analysis, he is now conducting research as a PhD candidate at Georgetown University on the application of principles from the intelligence community, such as data fusion and dark network assessment, to illicit markets in general and human trafficking in particular. David is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School and the US Air Force Academy.