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
Rhetoric on virtual currencies has centred on risks and threats. But the technology also has the potential to promote financial inclusion.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Technology
RUSI is launching a new research and training programme focussed on disrupting the illicit funds earned from the illegal wildlife trade in East and Southern Africa, with a focus on Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Terrorism and Conflict, Organised Crime, Illicit Trade, Organised Crime
David Artingstall and Anton Moiseienko
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which is best known as Britain’s tax collection agency, is also in the forefront of the fight against money laundering. However, its efforts are not always amenable to public scrutiny.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
Clare Ellis
The National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised crime highlights the growing significance of technology in driving criminal innovation; however, as many police forces struggle to adapt to the digital age, this raises questions about the UK’s ability to tackle the evolving threat.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK, Organised Crime, Organised Crime, Technology, Europe
Inês Sofia de Oliveira
Information sharing provisions in the context of the fight against money-laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML/CTF) are obsolete and unable to respond to current challenges and threats. The system of reporting suspicious activity needs urgent updating.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK, Organised Crime, Information, Organised Crime, Europe
Tom Keatinge
Until last week, the UK government’s position on terrorist-related kidnap-for-ransom (KfR) mirrored that of the United States: no payments and no concessions. But the result of a six month White House review of US hostage response has created a dilemma for the prime minister.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, Americas, Iraq, Syria, Terrorism, UK, Organised Crime, Terrorism, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
NATO and the ‘Disruptive’ French President
We Should Exempt Africa from the UK-Russia Geopolitical Confrontation
Planning for the Next Strategic Defence and Security Review – A Much-Needed Peg in the Ground