On 29 March 2018, the Treasury Committee launched an inquiry into Economic Crime. The report which extensively covers the evidence given by Tom Keatinge, Director of RUSI's Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, can be read here.
Tom Keatinge is the Director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI, where his research focuses on matters at... read more
Anton Moiseienko
A ruling by the International Court of Justice is good for the global fight against corruption, and bad news for those seeking refuge under claims of diplomatic immunity.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, France, Law and Ethics, Africa
Tom Keatinge
As President-elect Joe Biden commits to tackling illicit finance, Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership on the matter risks being embarrassingly revealed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, AML/CTF, UK, Global Security Issues
Darya Dolzikova and Emil Dall
The Financial Action Task Force now requires countries to assess proliferation financing risk, a welcome step in global efforts to counter sanctions evasion by actors such as North Korea. However, the narrow scope of the new requirement may reduce its effectiveness.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Jonathan van der Valk
The corruption and illicit financial flows permeating the sports world undermine its integrity. Could a world anti-corruption body for sports be the answer?
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Law and Ethics
Tom Keatinge
Those that promote lists of countries that are slow to tackle financial crime must work harder to exclude politics and prove their integrity and value.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
Sasha Erskine
As the EU implements its first cyber sanctions regime against foreign adversaries, it must remain alert to the challenges of attribution.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, European Union
Tom Keatinge, Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
Efforts to prevent fundraising for extremist organisations tend to overlook the characteristics of right-wing movements.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI Journal, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, AML/CTF, UK, Domestic Security, Terrorism, Europe
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, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea
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, RUSI Newsbrief, AML/CTF, UK
This is the first in a series of three joint RUSI/Standard Chartered webinars. The following webinars in this series will cover ‘New Methods of Payment and Financial Crime’ and ‘A New Model for...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
This webinar, co-hosted by Cifas and RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, considered the threats, challenges and responses to the changing fraud landscape and the nexus between...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Coronavirus, AML/CTF
The UK authorities have recently suffered their first significant setback in the use of unexplained wealth orders (UWO). This webinar takes stock of the successes and shortcomings in the deployment...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club
Rose Roth, language and youth
Failure to Lift Off: The UK’s Space Launch Ambitions