1、 DCP-2017-U-016174-Final 75 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION 3003 Washington Boulevard,Arlington VA 22201 703-824-2000 a.org Copyright 2017 CNA Corp All Rights Reserved Countering Networks of Crime and Extremism CNA Program on Transnational Challenges Arlington,VA,July 27,2017 Rapporteurs:Zack Gold,Pa
2、mela Faber,&P.K.Hammerberg Introduction On July 27,2017,CNA hosted a roundtable on“Countering Networks of Crime and Extremism,”at its headquarters in Arlington,Virginia.The workshop brought together CNA analysts and U.S.government practitioners to explore the national security challenges posed by tr
3、ansnational criminal organizations(TCOs)and violent extremist organizations(VEOs).The U.S.government has identified and approached TCOs and VEOs as significant threats for many years,but as these networks have grown and expanded over time,there is an increasing need to better understand them not onl
4、y as unique entities but also as increasingly complex,interwoven networks that interact with each other.As such,participants discussed the relationships,similarities,and differences among TCOs and VEOs in and between different regions of the world;and the challenges and successes the U.S has had in