Watch Emil Dall give evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee on how Brexit will affect the UK’s ability to influence EU decision-making on sanctions.
RUSI Task Force on the Future of UK Sanctions Policy
RUSI’s high-level taskforce, composed of former officials, academic and policy experts and private sector senior executives will provide recommendations on what UK sanctions policy should look like after Brexit.
Crisa Cox
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has promised action to address the UK capital markets' vulnerability to high-end money laundering. It has its work cut out for it.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
Emily Ferris
Five years on from their initial introduction, international sanctions on Russia have done little to alter the country’s behaviour on the international scene or domestically. As the sanctions continue to restrict foreign investment in Russia’s infrastructure, authorities are keen to promote the idea of megaprojects – large but often symbolic constructions – as a distraction from Russia’s economic...
Tags: International Security Studies, Sanctions, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia
Emil Dall
Can the US offer enough financial incentives to North Korea in exchange for denuclearisation, without discrediting the current sanctions regime? A way around the dilemma may exist. As President Donald Trump meets his North Korean counterpart, the role of sanctions in the negotiations warrant further discussion.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Having belatedly moved to degrade and destroy the primary Daesh funding source within its reach, the international community must now embark on the next phase through targeted financial strategies against middlemen and capacity building in peripheral economies.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Tom Keatinge
Aid and development are valuable UK exports. The government should provide the sector with the support it deserves.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK
There is often a perceived tension between the financial-inclusion and financial-crime agendas. However, the two aims can be complementary, and the emergence of global standards on a ‘risk-based approach’ to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance offer a real opportunity to move the two initiatives forward in tandem.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
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