What happens when the world’s most dangerous networks evolve faster than the systems meant to stop them?

In this episode of The Opioid Matrix, host Michael Brown sits down with Dr. Martin Gallagher — retired Scottish police superintendent, terrorism researcher, and author of Terror for Profit — to dissect how globalization, soft policy, and outdated paradigms have allowed narco-terrorism to thrive unchecked.

Together, they explore:

• How terrorist and criminal networks have merged into a single global threat
  
  
• Why traditional definitions of “terrorism” no longer fit modern cartel activity
  
  
• How drug policy could feed criminal profits
  
  
• What governments must do to regain control: radical enforcement, policy realignment, or both
  
  

Dr. Gallagher brings a unique transatlantic perspective, drawing on decades of law enforcement, academic research, and frontline experience with international crime.

This episode isn’t just about the problem — it’s a direct challenge to the systems, laws, and ideologies failing to confront a threat hiding in plain sight.

Views expressed in this material are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Rigaku Analytical Devices.