Maya was twenty-two years old when she received job offer from International Criminal Court that required security clearance revealing her complete background including childhood exposure to transnational criminal conspiracy. She sat in Portland living room—home for summer break before starting the position—holding the official letter while her parents processed implications.
"ICC wants me in The Hague investigating successor networks to the organizations you helped dismantle," Maya explained, her undergraduate degree in international relations and graduate work in transitional justice having prepared her for exactly this kind of work. "They specifically requested me because of my family's direct experience and my published research on organizational corruption."
"You would be investigat
