BG (RET) Russell D. Howard was a panelist at the University of South Florida’s “Modern Warfare’s Complexity and the Human Dimension: Implications for Policymakers, Warfighters, NGOs and the Private Sector” conference held in Tampa Florida on February 18-19. General Howard sat on the “Shadow Organizations and their Impact on Stability and Conflict” panel where he spoke about the “Nexus between Criminal Traffickers and Terrorists.”