Loretta Napoleoni: Merchants of Men

Prolific author and terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni (The Islamist Phoenix and Rogue Economics) has published nearly a dozen books about the mechanics, money, and power behind international terrorist networks. She has served as an advisor for many government and counter terrorism organizations and lectures regularly around the world on economics, money laundering, and terrorism. Her new book, Merchants of Men, provides an inside look at the kidnapping industry, worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. The destabilization of Syria and Iraq and the rise of ISIS have given kidnappers and smugglers unparalleled opportunity. Napoleoni will discuss the rise of this powerful and sophisticated underground business trafficking thousands of refugees a day along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe and the Middle East—often with deadly results. Thanks to Seattle Town Hall & Elliott Bay Books