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.
A new survey by RUSI and ACAMS reveals how professionals in the cryptocurrency industry believe that governments are behind the curve on the perceived risks, opportunities, and regulation of cryptocurrency.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Helena Wood
Proposed changes to the UK company formation regime are welcome but must be complemented by statutory reforms to the role of Companies House and sustainable resourcing.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK
Tom Keatinge
Banks and financial infrastructure are emerging as an expanding front in geopolitics.
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Tom Keatinge and Joel Rogers de Waal
Public opinion on paying hostage-takers reflects a broader contradiction between principle and practice.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, Germany, France, UK, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Law and Ethics, Terrorism
Tom Keatinge
The coronavirus pandemic presents significant financial crime challenges; it also presents opportunities for reform that should not be squandered.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, Coronavirus, UK
Emil Dall
As the UK government prepares to use new sanctions powers to target those responsible for gross violations of human rights, it must ensure clear criteria for their use are established from the start.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Sanctions, Brexit, Security Policy, UK, Securing Britain, Law and Ethics
Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi and Emil Dall
Despite all parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action complying with its obligations, Iran’s reintegration into the global economy is fraught with problems. A further factor is a differing attitude to the agreement’s implementation between the US and the EU.
Tags: International Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, Iran, RUSI Newsbrief, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Keatinge
As a member of the EU, the UK has been a strong leader in the design and implementation of sanctions. Brexit will create complexity for policymakers and the private sector and result in a loss of UK influence and effectiveness.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Sanctions, RUSI Newsbrief, Brexit, UK
David Carlisle
The emergence of virtual currencies over the past several years – and in particular the rapid rise of bitcoin – has prompted worldwide discussion about the future of financial crime.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, AML/CTF, European Union, UK, International Institutions, Organised Crime, Europe
RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies is delighted to welcome Dr Anja Shortland from King’s College London to discuss her new book, ‘Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business’.
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Ranging from bank account takeovers to the theft of cryptocurrency, cybercrime has evolved into a major type of profit-generating crime. Since cybercrime is often financially motivated, disrupting...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Financial Crime 2.0
A Breakfast Briefing on re-examining the reform of and challenges to the UK's SARs regime.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club
Rose Roth, language and youth
Failure to Lift Off: The UK’s Space Launch Ambitions