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
As we begin the year, we look forward to RUSI's busy 2019 research agenda
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Defence, Industries and Society, Terrorism and Conflict, International Security Studies, Military Sciences, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
On 29 October 2018, RUSI and the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK jointly hosted a conference on de-risking, the phenomenon of financial institutions ending or restricting relationships with clients (such as non-profit organisations) that are deemed financially risky. Given that de-risking efforts often lead to the displacement of financial risk and the interruption of counterterrorism efforts...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, National Security, Organised Crime, Resilience, Europe
Tom Keatinge
The government should use unexplained wealth orders to reduce harm, not reap headlines.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK, Organised Crime, Europe
Tom Keatinge
The debate over the Panama Papers has focused too much on the emotive issue of tax, and not enough on the issue of transparency. The UK is at the heart of the problem – but can also be at the heart of the solution.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
Tom Keatinge
Recent reporting has shone a light on a complex element of Daesh financing that demonstrates the group’s sophisticated ability to profit from a regional exchange system that is open to corruption and abuse.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Terrorism
Tom Keatinge
The most recent G20 communiqué repeats the need for high-level commitment to greater information sharing for tackling terrorist financing. But without action to address the real and perceived barriers to effective sharing, little will actually be achieved.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Organised Crime, Terrorism
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals
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