Lucas
Kuo
Senior Analyst
C4ADS
Lucas Kuo is a Senior Analyst on the Counterproliferation team at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a Washington DC-based nonprofit that uses publicly available information and emerging technologies to map, track, and disrupt transnational illicit networks. Lucas specializes in North Korean illicit shipping, financial, and procurement networks. He has published investigations that expose how North Korea engages its partners and organized criminal groups abroad to smuggle commodities (e.g. oil, coal, sand, luxury goods) in contravention of international sanctions. Prior to joining C4ADS, Lucas’ experience spanned the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and U.S. Department of State.