The Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) specialises in the intersection between finance and global security. Our pioneering analysis and actionable ideas aim to challenge the status quo and build resilience in the global response to illicit finance. Our work covers a range of state- and non-state-based security threats, which we examine through a financial lens. Since CFCS’s inception in 2014, we have been driving change through our partnership-based approach and the development of viable solutions.
Our work has helped to unveil the scale and complexities of international illicit finance, as well as to identify realistic policy responses across both the public and private sectors. We focus on putting our evidence-based research into practice through capacity-building and collaborative workshops. CFCS experts are regularly called upon to advise governments and international bodies, including the UN Security Council, the Financial Action Task Force, the UK and European Parliaments, and US Congress. Through our public engagements and events, we aim to highlight to wider audiences the pivotal role of finance in global security issues.
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Programmes
View the research programmes and projects by the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Counterproliferation Financing Programme
This programme aims to reduce and mitigate the risks related to the financing of weapons of mass destruction, as well as drive global thought leadership through timely and relevant policy-oriented research and analysis.
Finance and Statecraft Programme
This programme examines the weaponisation of finance as a tool of international statecraft through the lens of evolving threats and cross-sector responses.
Financially Resilient Europe Programme
This programme develops research and activities that centre around the intersection of illicit finance and security, with a focus on the EU and its neighbourhood.
Transnational Threat Finance Programme
This programme examines the financial dimensions of non-state threats to peace, security and democracy through research and external engagements.
UK Economic Crime Programme
This programme seeks to support the development of policies and reforms in the field of economic crime and illicit finance. The programme primarily focuses on tracking, developing and supporting UK government initiatives relating to economic crime, fraud and asset recovery.
Our team
London
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFCS
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Alanna Putze
Senior Programme Manager
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Helena Wood
Senior Research Fellow
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Kathryn Westmore
Senior Research Fellow
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Maria Nizzero
Research Fellow
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Maria Sofia Reiser
Research Analyst
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Stephen Reimer
Senior Research Fellow
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Gonzalo Saiz
CFCS Research Analyst
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Chandana Seshadri
Research Analyst, Counter Proliferation Financing
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Fatima Alsancak
CPF Technical Assistance Programme Research Fellow
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Wojciech Pawlus
Outreach and Implementation Manager
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Ino Terzi
Assistant Project Officer
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Arzu Abbasova
Project Officer, CFCS
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Eliza Lockhart
CFCS Intern
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Brussels
Kinga Redlowska
Head of CFCS Europe
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Elena Platon
Project and Communications Officer, Project CRAAFT
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Fellows
Olivia Allison
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Vito Armonavicius
Associate Fellow - Expert in anti-money laundering and financial crime
Dr Aaron Arnold
Senior Associate Fellow; Former member of the UN Panel of Experts for DPRK sanctions
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David Artingstall
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Karen Baxter
Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Financial Conduct Authority
Dr Katie Benson
Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University
Dr Anna Bradshaw
Associate Fellow; Partner, Business Crime Department, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP
David Carlisle
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Isabella Chase
Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Emil Dall
Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Jessica Davis
Associate Fellow; President and Principal Consultant with Insight Threat Intelligence
Gregory Dellas
Associate Fellow; Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBX
Jan Dunin-Wasowicz
Associate Fellow; Counsel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Ian Dyson QPM
Distinguished Fellow; Former Commissioner, City of London Police
Edmund Fitton-Brown
Senior Associate Fellow
James Gillespie
Associate Fellow; Former Policy Advisor, HM Treasury
Ashlee Godwin
Associate Fellow
Sir David Green CB KC
Distinguished Fellow; Partner, Cohen & Gresser; Former Director, UK Serious Fraud Office
Kayla Izenman
Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Research Fellow, RUSI
Anagha Joshi
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Olivier Kraft
Associate Fellow; Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary Fund
Aidan Larkin
Associate Fellow; Founder & CEO, Asset Reality
Professor Michael Levi
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Criminology, Cardiff University
David Lewis
Senior Associate Fellow; Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Advisory Practice, Kroll
Andrew Mackay
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Nick J. Maxwell
Associate Fellow; Director, NJM Research Ltd
Anton Moiseienko
Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Law, Australian National University; Former CFCS Research Fellow, RUSI
Robert Norfolk-Whittaker
Associate Fellow; UN Consultant
Allison Owen
Associate Fellow - Expert in cryptocurrency and counter-proliferation finance
Dr Marc Parker
Associate Fellow; Counter-terrorist financing expert
Matthew Redhead
Associate Fellow; Financial crime consultant and researcher
Gemma Rogers
Associate Fellow; Co-Founder, FINTRAIL Ltd
Denisse Rudich
Associate Fellow; Founder and Executive Director, Rudich Advisory
Samantha Sheen
Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Adviser, Efficient Frontiers International
Dr Jason Shepherd
Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Analysis and Innovation, Thomson Reuters Special Services International
Josie Stewart
Associate Fellow; Director, Global Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International
Dr Noémi També
Associate Fellow; Independent Financial Crime Consultant and Researcher
Nick Turner
Associate Fellow; Lawyer with Steptoe & Johnson Hong Kong
Dr Jodi Vittori
Associate Fellow; Research and Policy Manager, Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International
Malcolm Wright
Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Compliance Advisor
Simon York CBE
Senior Associate Fellow; Former Chief Investigation Officer and Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC
