Newsletter - July 2026
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V2 Global Insights
How Terrorist Designations Reshape the Business Landscape.
In high-risk markets, extortion has long been treated as an unavoidable cost of doing business. That calculation has changed.
With the expansion of Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist designations to major criminal organizations, corporate responses to coercive pressure now carry far greater legal, financial, and reputational consequences. Payments, third-party arrangements, and even indirect support can expose companies to enforcement risk.
In V2 Global’s latest insight, we examine how terrorist designations are reshaping the business landscape, and why designation risk must be treated not as a compliance checkbox, but as an intelligence problem.
Meet V2 Global's Team Member
Domestic and International Operations Expert, Paul Acosta.
In complex environments, experience is not a credential; it is an operational advantage.
With more than 34 years of law enforcement leadership experience, distinguished service as a United States Marine Corps combat veteran, and command-level experience as a retired Deputy Chief of the Miami Beach Police Department, Paul brings operational depth to V2 Global’s advisory work.
Paul's career spans emergency management, major-event security, SWAT, crisis response, public safety strategy, and complex domestic and international operations.
His expertise strengthens V2 Global’s ability to support clients facing high-stakes decisions in challenging environments.
Welcoming V2 Global's 2026 Summer Associates.
V2 Global's summer associates support a wide range of the firm's day-to-day operations, including marketing, crisis management, business intelligence, and administrative functions. The team contributes to content strategy, proposal development, client research, and internal projects, gaining hands-on exposure to the breadth of work V2 Global delivers for its clients.
Associates also receive training on proprietary databases used to compile and synthesize investigative reports, building practical research and analytical skills directly applicable to the firm's intelligence work
AINTEL Search All the Haystacks, for the Needle You Need to Find.
At V2 Global, intelligence is only as good as the engine behind it.
That's why our business intelligence team partners with AIintel, using its InGrav AI engine to monitor the open, deep, and dark web and turn complex data into structured, audit-ready insights that support our clients’ success in financial crime, AML, and day-to-day investigations.
Recent Events Attended
Offshore Alert Miami 2025. DC Page participated in the panel Latin American Investigations & Asset Recovery: What You Need to Know - read more
OSAC LARC meeting at FIU - read more
Crisis Management in the Turbulent 20s panel at Miami Dade College - read more
Investiture of the State of Attorney’s Katherine Fernandez Rundle, the assistant state attorneys, and the investigators of the State Attorney’s Office at the University of Miami campus - read more
Upcoming Events
May 16 to 18 - ICC FraudNet 41st. International Conference & Meeting, Poland.
May 20 to 22 - 6th Encuentro Ciudadano. Están en peligro la Democracia y la Libertad? Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, Spain - learn more
DC Page will be hosting and moderating a panel with Kevin McAleenan, former Secretary of Homeland Security, George Piro, former Assistant Director FBI, and Brian Ware, former Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Jun 6, ICC FraudNet, Spain.
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