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Tradecraft All Around Us!
Throughout history, black market goods, weapons, narcotics, and other assets have been transported across borders, within rural and metropolitan areas of every nation. A lucrative business, operated by thousands of sophisticated criminal organizations, is responsible for death, destruction, and ripping apart families and nations. Its reliance is on supply and demand, and it operates through a system of carefully designed and deployed clandestine measures throughout the world. Its focal point is profit!
This book gives you insight into the dynamic nature of these clandestine operations and how the author identifies, apprehends, and helps lock away Smugglers, even using them to train law enforcement agents throughout the world. The next time you see a headline that a large shipment of narcotics was seized, or a terrorist cell was identified and apprehended on the highways, you'll have the inside track into the work conducted by those who protect the innocent public. It is a guide for civilians, military, intelligence, and law enforcement worldwide in understanding these unique operations.
About the author
Capt. Shawn Pardazi is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert in the field of criminal and terrorism interdiction. During Shawn's 27-year tenure in law enforcement, he developed unique techniques and skillsets that enabled him to successfully identify and capture key assets of some of the world's most sophisticated smuggling operations. Specializing in identifying clandestine activity, Capt. Pardazi developed a rapid assessment system to help identify OpSec countermeasures employed by clandestine operatives engaged in high-level transnational criminal organization operations. His extensive knowledge of the Middle Eastern culture and language skills were utilized by numerous federal investigative agencies and international intelligence agencies around the world in HUMINT operations and other national security-related investigations. Shawn has served in investigative capacities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, DHS/Homeland Security Investigations, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, and many other special investigative bodies and intelligence apparatuses within the United States and abroad. He continues to serve as a licensed law enforcement officer in three southern states in the United States. He is a certified police instructor in Texas as well as the US Department of Justice and delivers specialized training to military, law enforcement and the private sector.
