Tom Keatinge, Director of RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime, and David Carlisle, Associate Fellow, spoke at the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism. They presented the findings of their paper (authored with RUSI Research Analyst Florence Keen), commissioned by the Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs.
Anton Moiseienko
Cyber-criminal groups are being dismantled. But more needs to be done about the enforcement of rules that bind cryptocurrency exchanges.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, Cyber, AML/CTF, European Union, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, Technology
RUSI announces the launch of a high-level task-force to examine the future of UK sanctions policy after Brexit.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, UK
Emil Dall and Tom Keatinge
Ensuring the global supply chain is not abused by North Korea to evade international sanctions requires a systemic approach. The current response is failing, and the involvement of a far greater range of private sector actors is urgently needed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions
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
Oved Lobel
The 2018 FIFA World Cup, which began yesterday and will go on until July in eleven cities across Russia, may present a ‘significant aspirational target’ for both local and transnational jihadist actors. However, recent assessments of the danger are founded on incorrect data regarding the threat of insurgency in the North Caucasus, the reach of the Islamic State in Russia, and the ‘returnee threat...
Tags: International Security Studies, Russia, Terrorism, National Security, Terrorism
Alexandra Stickings
The announcement by the Ministry of Defence of a forthcoming Defence Space Strategy paper shows recognition of the threats posed to the UK’s space-enabled military capabilities. The question is how much the strategy will add to understanding the UK’s role as a space power.
Tags: Aerospace, Cyber, Terrorism and Conflict, UK, Technology
Eric Rosand
The creation of the Global Counterterrorism Forum was a success for the international community’s counterterrorism efforts, but was it enough?
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism
Inês Sofia de Oliveira and Alexandra Stickings
The public and private sectors must become partners in supporting the development of cyber-security knowledge, investing in innovative technology and sharing information.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, RUSI Newsbrief, Terrorism and Conflict, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Technology
Tom Keatinge
Rather than focusing on the near-impossible task of stopping terrorist financing, policy-makers should instead focus on using financial intelligence to stop terrorists.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, RUSI Newsbrief, Information, Intelligence, Terrorism
Huawei, Not All the Way
Death of Qassem Soleimani: What to Expect in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Britain’s Nuclear Projects: Less Bang and More Whimper