dr. jeremy wilson of michigan state university. he will be talking about counterfeit incident database and some of the links between counterfeit pharmaceuticals and organized crime. by way of introduction, germany is the -- to wilson, or jeremy, is an assisted director for research and says the professor -- associate director for research and associate professor at michigan state university. he was behavioral scientist at the rand corp., were in additional to securing and directing many influential law enforcement project, he led an element of successful initiatives, including the center for quality policing. jeremy has cooperated with many police agencies and committees and task forces and governments around the united states and the world on many of the most salient public safety problems. he is a published author and the list of his books is pretty impressive, primarily on policing and violent crime, etc. he received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. i introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >

dr. jeremy wilson from michigan state university. he will be talking about counterfeit databases and counterfeit pharmaceuticals and organized crime. dr. wilson is an associate director for research and associate prof. in the school of criminal justice at michigan state university. he founded the michigan state university anti-counterfeiting and police said the consortium. he was a behavioral scientist at the rand corporation where he led the development of several successful initiatives including the center on quality policing and the police recruitment and retention clearing house. he still serves as director. he has collaborated with many police agencies and governments throughout the united states and the world. he is a published author. the list of his books are pretty impressive. they focused primarily on policing, but crime, and others. -- policing and violent crime. jeremy received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. let me introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >> good morning. i appreciate

dr. jeremy wilson from michigan state do his presentation on the links between counterfeit pharmaceuticals and ioc. that is the change that is different than what is in the program. with that, i would like to welcome our opening keynote speaker. aretino speaker this morning is mr. james dinkins. he is the director of investigations for i.c.e. i.c.e. is the second-largest criminal investigative agency in the united states. it is the largest investigative arm of the department of homeland security. we employ more than 6700 agents. prior to assuming the directorship, james dinkins held a number of key leadership positions within i.c.e., including special agent in charge in washington, d.c., special agent in charge in baltimore, and he also ran our financial investigations program at headquarters. he also served overseas in frankfurt, germany. he began his law enforcement career with u.s. customs. he later transferred to san francisco. he went on to detroit. he also holds a bachelors of science of criminal justice from the university of detroit. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome di