Research Briefings
The latest research on counter-terrorism financing from our CTF experts
Financing Extreme Right-Wing Volunteers in Ukraine: Past Lessons for New Risks?
In his CRAAFT research briefing entitled “Financing Extreme Right-Wing Volunteers in Ukraine: Past Lessons for New Risks?”, Gonzalo Saiz outlines what is currently known about how extremist volunteers in Ukraine finance their travel and maintenance while in-theatre, contrasting this with the modus operandi of Islamist extremists who travelled to join the Islamic State. Looking to the coordinated CTF measurers applied against Islamic State travellers, he considers how similar tactics might be effectively applied in the Ukrainian context.
Public-Private Partnerships to Counter Terrorist Financing
In her CRAAFT research briefing entitled “PPPs and Terrorist Financing: Opportunities and Challenges”, Rūta Bajarūnaitė outlines the legislative, technological and security-related challenges to establishing successful PPPs, and provides sound guidance on how these might be navigated so as to yield the rich benefits of structured public-private information sharing.
Foreign State Funding and Predicate Subversion: Exploring Malign Influence
In this Research Briefing, Noémi També assesses whether and how foreign state funding of anti-democratic ideology should be prevented, monitored or limited. She considers if malign influence constitutes a terrorism financing threat, and if it could be identified and repelled via the existing elements of the counter-terrorism financing regime.
