

Kayla is a Research Analyst at RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies. She joined RUSI in September 2018 following the... read more
David Carlisle is an an expert on the intersection of cryptocurrencies and financial crime. He is the Head of Community at Elliptic, a... read more
Like the proverbial frog in boiling water, the EU knows something is wrong; it just can’t decide what to do.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, European Union, Organised Crime, EuropeEmil Dall
As the new EU Commission takes office, responsibility for the EU’s sanctions portfolio appears to have moved between commissioners. The move is part of a focus on stricter sanctions enforcement within the EU, but could also lay the groundwork for redefining the role and impact of EU sanctions.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, European Union, EuropeAnton Moiseienko
This paper examines the criminal involvement in some online gambling activities.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, TechnologyLike the proverbial frog in boiling water, the EU knows something is wrong; it just can’t decide what to do.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, European Union, Organised Crime, EuropeEmil Dall
As the new EU Commission takes office, responsibility for the EU’s sanctions portfolio appears to have moved between commissioners. The move is part of a focus on stricter sanctions enforcement within the EU, but could also lay the groundwork for redefining the role and impact of EU sanctions.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, European Union, EuropeIsabella Chase, Anton Moiseienko and Alexandria Reid
To safeguard free trade zones from criminal activities, national authorities and zone administrators must feel the pressure to do the right thing.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Organised Crime and Policing, Organised CrimeCristina Varriale
If long-term peace is to be achieved and denuclearisation completed, addressing North Korea’s human rights situation must become part of the process. Without this, it will be impossible to remove all sources of perceived hostility and North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyAnton 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 NewsbriefTom Keatinge and Kayla Izenman
Banks, guardians of the integrity of the financial system, cannot hide from the risks posed by cryptocurrencies; they must learn to move on from a poor strategy of avoidance and de-risking.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, RUSI NewsbriefAt this event Project Sandstone will present their discovery of the evolving DPRK sanction evasion techniques taken from its latest research paper, 'On the Trail of the Tae Yang'.
Tags: Project Sandstone, North KoreaThis RUSI Under 35’s Forum event will explore the financing of North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, and how new technology including cybercrime and cryptocurrencies to avoid detection...
Tags: North KoreaIn this lecture, Lisa Osofsky, director of the the Serious Fraud Office, explored the challenges posed by globalisation, the increasing sophistication of communications technology and the exponential...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
Episode 07: Missing links
We Need to Relearn How to do Deterrence
The British Public Still Believes in NATO – Even if Most Cannot Say What It Does