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.
Clay R Fuller
Foreign trade zones bring many benefits, but they require greater transparency in order to operate securely and ethically.
Tags: AML/CTF, Global Security Issues, Illicit Trade, Law and Ethics, National Security
Matthew Redhead
This Occasional Paper examines the effectiveness of the current anti-money laundering model, with particular reference to the financial services sector, and makes relevant recommendations to enhance the model's future effectiveness.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers, International Institutions, Law and Ethics, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, Terrorism
Anton Moiseienko and Kayla Izenman
In-game artefacts and currencies often have real-life value and can be used to move or invest criminal proceeds. But there are no clear expectations of what game operators can or should do to identify criminal activity.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, RUSI Newsbrief
Conrad Prince
Debate continues as to how governments should manage the presence of Chinese technology in 5G telecommunications networks. But the argument risks obscuring the critical question of how states such as the UK will best achieve the cyber security they need.
Tags: China, Cyber, United States, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, UK, Domestic Security, Intelligence, Law and Ethics, Technology
Sneha Dawda and Alexander Babuta
As government use of commercial spyware becomes increasingly commonplace, stronger checks and balances will be needed to ensure software providers are acting in the public interest.
Tags: Cyber, Terrorism and Conflict, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Israel, Information, Intelligence, Technology
Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
Christian Tripodi
Christian Tripodi reviews An Army of Tribes: British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland, by Edward Burke.
Tags: RUSI Journal, UK Counter-terrorism, Counterinsurgency, Security Policy, UK, History, Securing Britain, Terrorism, Europe
Edward Schwarck
The mass internment of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs in supposed ‘re-education’ facilities as a means of combatting violent extremism suggests that Beijing lacks confidence in the effectiveness of its intelligence architecture, and by extension, its capacity to identify and eliminate actual terrorist threats.
Tags: China, RUSI Newsbrief, International Security Studies, Counterinsurgency, Asia, New Silk Road, Intelligence, Technology, Terrorism
Florence Keen
The spendthrift wife of a jailed Azerbaijani banker has emerged as the subject of the UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Order, but will the tool mature into an effective method of combatting ‘dirty money’ at the heart of London’s luxury property market?
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, RUSI Newsbrief, UK
5 June 2017 Dr Karin von Hippel, Director General of RUSI, was on CNN to discuss the response and challenge emanating from the 3 June London Bridge attack. The attacks in the UK are part of a wider...
UK, Terrorism
RUSI experts Raffaello Pantucci and Emily Winterbotham took part in a live conversation discussing the Manchester attacks that took place in Manchester on Monday 23 May.
Terrorism and Conflict, International Security Studies, Terrorism, UK, Terrorism
RUSI Director General Dr Karin von Hippel discusses the transnational connections of the 23 May Manchester attacks with CNN.
UK, Terrorism
A new study reveals how lone-actor terrorists are often less secretive than might be expected. It argues that their behaviour and activity can provide warnings of their extreme views or even...
Tackling Extremism, Lone-Actor Terrorism, Terrorism
The Royal United Services Institute has welcomed the publication of draft legislation on investigatory powers which draws on recommendations made by RUSI earlier this year.
Cyber, Terrorism and Conflict, UK, Technology, Terrorism
This event will examine the use of financial investigation and financial tools in policing as a means of tackling organised crime.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Policing and Security, UK, Domestic Security, National Security, Organised Crime
The launch of a RUSI Occasional Paper exploring financial dimensions of wildlife crime, and the need to disrupt the financial networks of those engaged in this crime.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Organised Crime, Organised Crime
RUSI is pleased to invite you to this event examining the future of UK sanctions policy following Brexit, kindly hosted by Dechert LLP.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
An Increasingly Volatile International Environment Opens New Fronts for European Navies
Greater Europe and the Future of Global Order
In the Spotlight: Britain’s Impending Defence Procurement Review