Gretchen Peters | |
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| Occupation | Journalist Consultant |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) University of Denver |
| Notable works | Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime Are Reshaping the Afghan War |
| Notable awards | SAJA Journalism Award |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| gretchenpeters | |
Gretchen Peters is an American journalist specialized in transnational organized crime and the author of Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime Are Reshaping the Afghan War.[1] She is the executive director of CINTOC, the Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime, an operational think tank set up by Peters herself between 2012 and 2013. CINTOC's work is focused on the intersection between transnational organized crime and national security and the executive director of The Satao Project, a consulting firm that supports governments and industries to counter serious organized crime and corruption, and their convergence with terrorism, violence and social unrest.[2]