On 29 March 2018, the Treasury Committee launched an inquiry into Economic Crime. The report which extensively covers the evidence given by Tom Keatinge, Director of RUSI's Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, can be read here.
Tom Keatinge is the Director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI, where his research focuses on matters at... read more
Tom Keatinge
A proposal by the incoming president of the Financial Action Task Force presents an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the illegal wildlife trade by hitting at its main driver: financial gain.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Organised Crime
Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen
This paper focuses on the narrow issue of terrorist financing enabled by social media, particularly those forms that present identified terrorist-finance risks, including networking sites, content-hosting services, crowdfunding services and encrypted communications services.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Other Publications, Terrorism
Helena Wood and Isabella Chase
The government’s first-ever comprehensive Economic Crime Plan is a step in the right direction, but requires adequate funding.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Economic Crime Plan, AML/CTF, UK, Law and Ethics, Organised Crime
Tom Keatinge
The financial sector has long been in the forefront of the fight against financial crime. But, as the industry works to rehabilitate its reputation following the global financial crisis, this largely unseen role is increasingly being brought into the light.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Tom Keatinge
Well away from Whitehall, the UK government’s Criminal Finances Bill is getting noticed. That’s the good news. The bad news is that those at whom the Bill is directed question the government’s willingness to implement its proposed new powers.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
Tom Keatinge and Cathy Haenlein
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is estimated to generate up to $23 billion per annum globally in illicit profits. Remarkably, it is still being treated as a wildlife crime rather than a form of organised crime, ignoring the financial dimension. A financial approach to tackling IWT is urgently needed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Organised Crime, Africa
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