Proliferation Financing
Proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, such as North Korea and Iran, fund their programmes through illicit means, evading international sanctions in the process.
Access to the financial system and financial services is central to proliferation efforts, and disrupting this financing is key to countering the spread of WMDs. Since 2015 RUSI has produced ground-breaking research in this area, looking at the funds and underlying financial services that enable proliferators and their facilitators to procure, ship and receive illicit goods, and to carry out illicit activities in support of WMD programmes. We have also developed capacity-building tools that reach a vast network of jurisdictions worldwide.
Our experts
Dr Aaron Arnold
Senior Associate Fellow
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Emil Dall
Associate Fellow
Darya Dolzikova​
Research Fellow
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Sasha Erskine
Research Analyst
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Anagha Joshi
Associate Fellow
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFCS
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Allison Owen
Research Analyst
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Wojciech Pawlus
Outreach and Implementation Manager
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Dr Noémi També
Associate Fellow
Malcolm Wright
Associate Fellow
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This project applies research in training key stakeholders to disrupt the illicit financial activities of proliferators such as North Korea and Iran.
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