International Coalition Against Illicit Economies

What International Coalition Against Illicit Economies does

International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) is a non-profit global security coalition founded in 2021 and headquartered at 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. It provides strategic threat intelligence, policy guidance, and public-private partnership convening services to governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and private sector stakeholders working to counter illicit trade, transnational organized crime, corruption, counterfeiting, trade-based money laundering (TBML), and crime convergence. ICAIE is led by Executive Director David M. Luna (former diplomat and Assistant Counsel to the President at the White House), Deputy Executive Director Joshua Potter (27-year Army Special Operations veteran who established the first Counter Threat Finance unit within DoD), and Senior Advisors John Cassara (former CIA/Treasury agent and inventor of Trade Transparency Units), Chris Corpora (Ph.D., international security expert), and Douglas Farah (former Washington Post investigative reporter specializing in Latin America organized crime).

ICAIE's portfolio spans analytical frameworks, content products, research projects, and media. Core intellectual assets include The ICAIE Protocol (Kine-Dynamics) criminal-threat convergence framework, the Hubs of Illicit Trade (HIT) multi-disciplinary research project, and Project Helix — an announced Predictive Convergence System intended to leverage AI and frontier technologies (blockchain, predictive analytics, quantum computing) for threat analysis. Media and public awareness products include the Illicit Shadows investigative docuseries (produced with Shadowverse Media and RAD Original Creations / RADOC) and the Museum of Illicit Shadows (MIS), a virtual knowledge hub. The organization also distributes white papers, policy briefs, executive briefings, podcast series, and Congressional testimony through its website and direct stakeholder engagement. ICAIE does not sell commercial products or operate commercial pricing tiers.

ICAIE operates a coalition-based non-profit revenue model with no publicly disclosed financials. Revenue derives from membership contributions, partnership fees, and grants from governments, foundations, and private sector supporters. Its go-to-market is community-led: convening dialogues, working groups, task forces, and collaborative research projects across multilateral fora including the OECD (where David Luna chairs the Business at OECD Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group), OAS DTOC (Hemispheric Task Force), APEC ACT Working Group, USCIB AITC, WEF Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade, B20 Integrity & Compliance Task Force, Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, George Mason University's TraCCC, and Universidade de São Paulo.

Name

International Coalition Against Illicit Economies

Legal name

International Coalition Against Illicit Economies

Website

https://icaie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ICAIE is a non-profit global security coalition founded in 2021 in Washington, DC that provides strategic threat intelligence, policy guidance, and public-private partnership convening services to governments, international organizations, and private sector stakeholders countering illicit economies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Profit Security Policy Advisory

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), International Affairs (92812)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Counterterrorism & Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Cooperation (BPADAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (BPAHAFAL), Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE), AI Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAMAA)

Keywords

• Anti-illicit trade
• Transnational crime prevention
• Security policy advisory
• Threat intelligence services
• Public-private partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Coalition Membership and Partnerships: ICAIE operates as a non-profit global security coalition providing bespoke policy advice, guidance, intelligence, and solutions to Members and Partners. Revenue is derived through membership contributions, partnership fees, and potentially grants from governments and foundations supporting anti-illicit trade initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ICAIE is a non-profit global security coalition that provides bespoke policy advice, strategic threat intelligence, and innovative solutions to counter illicit trade, counterfeiting, corruption, trade-based money laundering (TBML), and transnational organized crime. The organization convenes public-private partnerships across governments, multilateral institutions, academia, and the private sector, and delivers value through strategic frameworks (The ICAIE Protocol / Kine-Dynamics), research initiatives (Hubs of Illicit Trade project, Project Helix), policy briefs, executive briefings, the Illicit Shadows investigative docuseries, and the Museum of Illicit Shadows virtual knowledge hub.

Product overview

ICAIE is a non-profit global security coalition based in Washington, DC that provides strategic intelligence, policy guidance, and innovative solutions to counter transnational crime and illicit trade worldwide. The organization operates through a portfolio of services including bespoke strategic intelligence and threat analysis, policy briefs and research publications, public-private partnership programs, and media initiatives such as the Illicit Shadows documentary series and Museum of Illicit Shadows virtual knowledge hub. Key offerings include the Hubs of Illicit Trade (HIT) research project and The ICAIE Protocol—a criminal-threat convergence framework for adaptive security responses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Intelligence and Threat Analysis Bespoke strategic intelligence, threat analysis, and policy guidance on transnational crime, illicit trade, and crime convergence for governments, international organizations, academic institutions, industry, and civil society.
• Policy Briefs and Reports White papers, policy briefs, and executive briefings analyzing illicit economies, trade-based money laundering, and threat convergence across global markets, distributed via the ICAIE website and direct stakeholder engagement.
• The ICAIE Protocol (Kine-Dynamics) Criminal-threat convergence framework providing methodologies for anticipating and disrupting transnational organized crime through anticipatory security responses, information sharing, technological solutions (AI, blockchain, predictive analytics, quantum computing), and public-private partnerships.
• Hubs of Illicit Trade (HIT) Project Multi-disciplinary research project analyzing risk zones and crime convergence points to help stakeholders target and disrupt hubs of illicit trade globally, briefed at Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units meetings.
• Public-Private Partnership Programs International coordination programs bringing together governments, international organizations, and private sector stakeholders to counter illicit economies and transnational organized crime, including task forces, working groups, and joint initiatives.
• Illicit Shadows Investigative Docuseries

Quantifiable outcome

• ICAIE's advocacy contributed to the passage of S.Res.783 designating June 11 as 'Anti-Illicit Trade Awareness Day' by the U.S. Senate (June 2026).
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidade de São Paulo (USP) / Escola de Segurança Multidimensional (ESEM/IRI-USP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Joint research project to analyze inter-linked criminal threats across the Amazon Basin, focusing on illegal exploitation of natural resources, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and corruption. Includes a network consortium of research centers across South America. Announced June 8, 2026 in Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brasil.
• Shadowverse Media / RAD Original Creations (RADOC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Partnership to produce the Illicit Shadows investigative docuseries and establish the Museum of Illicit Shadows (MIS), a virtual knowledge hub. The docuseries covers harms of illicit economies across borders and communities. RADOC is also known as RADOC/RAD – Original Creations.
• Organization of American States (OAS), Department Against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Cooperation Agreement signed February 2025 to strengthen cooperation on fighting illicit economies in the Americas. Established OAS DTOC-ICAIE Hemispheric Task Force on Countering Illicit Economies in June 2025. Co-organized Santiago dialogue with OAS DTOC and Camara Nacional de Comercio, Servicios y Turismo de Chile (CNC) in September 2025.
• George Mason University (GMU) – Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center (TraCCC), Schar School of Policy and GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna serves as Senior Fellow and co-Director of the Anti-Illicit Trade Institute at GMU TraCCC. ICAIE's George Mason University team briefs on the Hubs of Illicit Trade (HIT) project at Egmont Group meetings. HIT Project involves an international multi-disciplinary team of experts studying hubs of illicit trade since 2022.
• OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerDavid Luna serves as Chair of the Business at OECD Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG). ICAIE participates in OECD Forum on Countering Illicit Trade sessions. ICAIE presented at the WFZO–INTA Policy Dialogue. Briefings conducted at OECD in March 2026 on Illicit Shadows docuseries and Project Helix. David Luna previously served as President of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade.
• Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence UnitscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAIE participates in Egmont Group meetings of Financial Intelligence Units, sharing strategic intelligence on hubs of illicit trade and related global risks. David Luna attended and participated at Egmont Group Working and Regional Groups meetings in Arusha, Tanzania in January 2026.
• United Nations Association-National Capital Area (UNA-NCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna serves as Chair of the Peace and Security Committee of UNA-NCA.
• World Economic Forum – Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade and Organized CrimecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna serves as Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade and Organized Crime.
• United States Council for International Business (USCIB) – Anti-Illicit Trade Committee (AITC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna serves as Chair of the Anti-Illicit Trade Committee (AITC) of USCIB.
• Business Twenty (B20/G20) Integrity & Compliance Task ForceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna is a member of the B20/G20 Integrity & Compliance Task Force, which focuses on anti-corruption and integrity standards within the G20 business community.
• APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency (ACT) Working GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Luna serves as Chair of the APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group, which coordinates anti-corruption efforts across Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies.
• Global Financial IntegrityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohn Cassara serves on the Board of Directors of Global Financial Integrity, a nonprofit organization focused on illicit financial flows.
• Hala SystemsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChris Corpora serves as a Domain Expert with Hala Systems while also serving as a Board Member of ICAIE.
• IBI Consultants, LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDouglas Farah is founder and president of IBI Consultants, LLC, and serves as ICAIE Senior Advisor for Latin America. IBI specializes in field research on security challenges and transnational organized crime in Latin America.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Royal United Services Institute (RUSI): UK-based security and defense think tank that produces research and convenes public-private partnerships on organized crime, illicit finance, and counter-threat finance — a close analogue to ICAIE in mission and operating model.
• Global Financial Integrity: Washington-based nonprofit focused on illicit financial flows and trade-based money laundering. John Cassara serves on its board, and it addresses the same problem set (illicit finance, anti-corruption) as ICAIE from the research/advocacy angle.
• Transparency International: Global coalition with secretariat in Berlin that fights corruption and illicit finance through research, advocacy, and policy engagement across government, business, and civil society — directly analogous to ICAIE's coalition model and anti-corruption mandate.
• Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime: Geneva-based nonprofit network that produces flagship reports on organized crime convergence across regions. A direct peer in coalition-based research and policy advocacy against transnational crime, with overlapping stakeholder base.
• Basel Institute on Governance: Switzerland-based nonprofit operating the International Centre for Asset Recovery and other anti-corruption/anti-money laundering programs; a peer non-profit coalition working on asset recovery, governance, and illicit finance — the operational counterpart to ICAIE's policy work.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Washington think tank with substantial programs on transnational organized crime, illicit finance, and hemispheric security. Overlaps ICAIE's mandate and convening posture, and competes for the same policy-attention audience.
• Atlantic Council: Washington think tank with programs on illicit finance, organized crime, and transnational threats. A peer convening organization whose ecosystem sits adjacent to ICAIE's policy/PPP work.
• OECD Anti-Illicit Trade Task Force / Business at OECD AITEG: OECD-hosted public-private forums where David Luna chairs AITEG. ICAIE is a coalition peer within this broader institutional program, addressing the same illicit-trade policy agenda.
• Organization of American States (OAS) - Department Against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC): Hemispheric body running programs and the DTOC-ICAIE Hemispheric Task Force on Countering Illicit Economies. A directly cooperating intergovernmental peer with overlapping mandate on transnational organized crime in the Americas.
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Intergovernmental standard-setter on AML/CFT and counter-proliferation finance. ICAIE participates in surrounding ecosystems (Egmont Group, OECD); FATF is the broader incumbent institution whose standards and mutual evaluations frame the work ICAIE informs.

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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