An excellent article in the @financialtimes.com this week from @cfs-rusi.bsky.social's Eliza Lockhart on the outdated approach to crypto-assets in UK politics. 📰✒️ ft.com/content/c01c... #Crypto #Politics #Corruption

💥 How useful is the FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report? Host @keatingetom.bsky.social, along with CFS Associate Fellows @jessmarindavis.bsky.social and Stephen Reimer discuss. Apple: bit.ly/483VnwS Spotify: bit.ly/4i6AMwE

New #STRpodcast: Crypto and Sanctions Circumvention @elisethomas.bsky.social @cen4infores.bsky.social speaks with @keatingetom.bsky.social about her new report detailing the murky world of A7 and its rouble-backed stablecoin ‘A7/A5’. Listen & subscribe: Apple bit.ly/4ndhgiJ Spotify bit.ly/42JsjJg

New #STR Podcast: Economic Statecraft and Economic Security in Global Affairs Kimberly Donovan @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social speaks with Kinga Redlowska about the key differences between economic security & economic statecraft. 🎧 Listen and subscribe Apple: bit.ly/4mOB1gw Spotify: bit.ly/42UO0WQ

Strategising the Use of Sanctions Wally Adeyemo, former US Deputy Treasury Secretary, argues the effective use of sanctions requires clear objectives & outcomes, multilateral coordination & rigorous enforcement; overuse can have unintended consequences. Apple bit.ly/46yFPAG Spotify bit.ly/3W49IUq

ICYMI: Teaching the Business & Art of Sanctions Circumvention If universities in the West teach courses on sanctions & economic warfare, we shouldn’t be surprised by the emergence of a parallel world teaching the art of circumvention, writes @keatingetom.bsky.social bit.ly/3JnGAo7

Following the Fraud: The Role of Money Mules This new paper looks at the banking activity of ‘money mules’, who lend their accounts to criminals to help hide their ill-got gains, to shed light on this growing problem. 🫏 Read: bit.ly/4mpRJ6B

📢 Check out this new Research Briefing from Project Craaft - Assessing Terrorist Use of Virtual Asset Intermediaries Terrorist groups’ experimentation with VAs highlights the growing need to understand integrated intermediary services that convert such funds into fiat currency. 🔗 bit.ly/44xaf6A

📢 New Commentary – Beware the Robots: AI-Enabled Sanctions Evasion is Here 🤖 The dawn of AI-enabled sanctions evasion threatens to fundamentally reshape global financial security. Those who police the implementation & evasion of sanctions need to radically rethink how they respond. bit.ly/44PtyYF

🔊The STR season finale is NOW LIVE! Tom & Kinga look back on the highlights from the past 21 episodes – from sanctions and statecraft to assessing the new Labour government’s progress against illicit finance. Apple: bit.ly/4kiC9aV Spotify: bit.ly/4ny8w8h RUSI website: bit.ly/4lGLRoQ

📢 New Commentary: The Future of UK Sanctions is About More Than Implementation and Enforcement The government’s recently published sanctions strategy under-promises, overdelivers and sets a vision for the future use of sanctions. Now the work begins. Read: bit.ly/44tmgbR

📢 New webinar recording – Virtual Threats: Terrorist Financing via Online Gaming How terrorist and extremist groups exploit online gaming platforms for fundraising, from in-game transactions to the development of bespoke games or livestream donations. 📽️ Watch the recording: bit.ly/40wRpK9

🔊 With the new UK National Security Strategy recognising that all elements of UK security are supported by our ability to tackle illicit finance, our latest #STRpodcast checks in on the progress made by the Labour government on tackling illicit finance after one year in office. 🎧 bit.ly/3FZD8yS

🔊 Don’t forget to check out the latest STR podcast - Moldova's Elections: Fighting Financial Interference @keatingetom.bsky.social speaks with Veronica Dragalin about the financial dimension of Russia’s attempts to undermine Moldova’s 2024 presidential election & EU referendum 🎧 bit.ly/4kr6HrL

📢 New Commentary: Rethinking Whistleblowing in the Age of Global Sanctions How can recent policy developments on whistleblowing across the EU, UK & US be used to enhance sanctions enforcement & what more needs to be done? Find out here: bit.ly/4mVVyB4

📢The War on Fraud: How the UK Can Step Up to the 21st Century Crime Wave The latest UK fraud statistics put pressure on the UK government’s future Fraud Strategy to finally take decisive action. Here's what it should do... 👇👇👇 bit.ly/4kDIJcD

📢 New Report Alert! By @irinamamulashvili.bsky.social and Kinga Redlowska Our latest SIFMANet report from Yerevan dives into two urgent challenges: how Armenia is navigating international sanctions—and how illicit money may influence its 2026 elections. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4kFbpSw

🔊 LIVE NOW !! The latest STR podcast: Strengthening the Financial Frontline on Russia Trade Sanctions How banks have responded to the ever-mounting expectations placed on them by governments in their effort to restrict the funding of the Russian military. 🎧 Tune in to learn more: bit.ly/3HmrZbn

🔊 Don’t forget to check out the latest episode of the SRT podcast - Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War Sanctions are the go-to policy tool of our times, yet the lessons of the past are often forgotten by those at the centre of the world's stage today. 🎧 bit.ly/43ehWwj

🔊 LIVE NOW The latest Suspicious Transaction Report is here! Don’t miss this new episode - Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War @keatingetom.bsky.social and @edwardfishman.bsky.social discuss Eddie's new book. 🎧 Tune in to learn more: lnkd.in/e_zrRagt

Is it time to revisit the design of oil sanctions on Russia? In this latest #RUSIcommentary, @keatingetom.bsky.social argues that despite the G7’s efforts, oil revenue is still filling the Kremlin’s coffers and unintended consequences abound. Read why a new approach is needed 👇 bit.ly/42XAYar

📢LIVE NOW! Dark Money & Disinformation: The Battle for Electoral Integrity Check out the recording of our recent event – with @keatingetom.bsky.social, Darren Hughes @electoralreform.bsky.social and @ginasue.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social 📽️http://bit.ly/4cVEpD7

📣 New Policy Brief: Strengthening the UK's Response to Illicit Finance Josie Stewart, CFS Associate Fellow, presents an assessment of the current UK system to counter illicit finance, identifying fundamental structural weaknesses and recommending urgent reforms. Read: bit.ly/4m0NDSH

📢President Trump’s shift to unilateral tariff enforcement weakens the international systems on which sanctions depend, argues Shilo Grayson in our latest #RUSIcommentary. Read on below to find out why 👇👇👇 bit.ly/4cQoIwJ

📢 New report: UK Sanctions Implementation Strategy Taskforce – Ransomware Sanctions The report captures insights from a high-level workshop held in February 2025, gathering 35 experts across government, industry, & academia to evaluate the UK’s ransomware sanctions regime. Here: bit.ly/42HKUEN

🚢 As the shadow fleet continues to threaten international security and the environment, the CFS has partnered with Windward for a timely masterclass to unpack the evolving risk landscape. Register here: bit.ly/42BWHEx

📣 Join us for ‘Dark Money & Disinformation: The Battle for Electoral Integrity’. 💸 As the UK prepares for its upcoming local and mayoral elections, ensuring the integrity of the political process is more important than ever. 29 April, 17:00-18:30 🔗 Reg: bit.ly/4lv8TzA

🔊 LIVE NOW The latest #STRPodcast episode is here! Don’t miss: The Future of Frozen Russian Assets Kinga Redlowska, Anton Moiseienko, and Tom Keatinge discuss how frozen Russian assets can support Ukraine's reconstruction and uphold the credibility of EU sanctions. 🎧 Tune in here: bit.ly/4ceRrLr

📢 New commentary: Can the Middle Corridor be Europe's Middle Ground? For Europe, managing expectations & addressing concerns on the ground will be just as crucial as making physical investments in ensuring the success of the Middle Corridor, argue Olivia Allison & Arzu Abbasova. 🔗 bit.ly/42i6EIh

🌍 As geopolitical dynamics shift, nations across Europe are reevaluating their approach to economic security. Tom Keatinge discusses why this reassessment is happening, key EU initiatives shaping Europe’s economic security, & insights from the CFS Economic Security Taskforce Watch: bit.ly/4hv7C8q

📣Democracy’s Weakest Link: Foreign Money & Political Influence Hostile states are increasingly using opaque financial flows & social media manipulation to undermine democratic processes & institutions. Read more in this latest #RUSI commentary by Tom Keatinge & Eliza Lockhart bit.ly/4kBpcdD

A New Frontier: Organised Immigration Crime & UK Sanctions Follow the money, freeze the assets, and smash the gangs – a beguiling vision recently articulated by Keir Starmer and David Lammy. But can their 'world's first' sanctions regime work? Read this new RUSI Commentary here: bit.ly/4axWgyD

📢 FinSec25: Finance & Security in a Changing World – Welcome to our Gold Sponsors! With just three weeks until #FinSec25, we are delighted to announce that HSBC, Oliver Wyman, Standard Chartered and Stripe are our Gold Sponsors! CFS thanks them for their support. More: bit.ly/3CiRRD4

📢 Check out this @chainalysis.bsky.social podcast on Crypto’s Role in Modern Geopolitical Chess 💸 ♟️ CFS's @keatingetom.bsky.social discusses the key factors that have compounded into what might be a historical year of alternative payment systems and geopolitics. 🎧 LISTEN HERE: bit.ly/4fS4pz5

🔔 New Report Alert: Strategies for Effective #Sanctions on #Belarus, by @rlndpapp.bsky.social Read our timely new publication: bit.ly/4gFasYI A workshop summary from Brussels #SIFMANet Summit. Thanks to Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung & Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS).

💥Congratulations to CFS's Eliza Lockhart! Following the launch of her research paper last week, the FCA appear to have shifted on its long-held opposition to paying whistleblowers. 📃📽️ICYMI, you can find her research paper along with a recording of the launch event here: bit.ly/49Nb8bS

👋 Thrilled to welcome a new team member! Irina Mamulashvili joins us as Russia Sanctions Implementation Project Officer. Learn more about Irina here 👉 www.rusi.org/people/mamul...

📣 New paper: The Role of Rewards for Whistleblowers in the Fight Against Economic Crime 💡 Eliza Lockhart examines the impact of whistleblower reward programmes & analyses how such schemes can increase the effectiveness of economic crime investigations. Read more 👉 www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

🚀 Last week CFS teamed up with the #Japan Institute of International Affairs to host another #SIFMANet roundtable. Read some of our key findings below: 🧵1/7 @keatingetom.bsky.social

🏛️ Last week, the CFS team hosted an insightful #SIFMANet roundtable in Helsinki, delving into how the Finnish public and private sectors navigate sanctions against Russia. Here's a recap of what we learned 🧵 1/10 @keatingetom.bsky.social

📣 Europe's Economic Security: A Call for Unity 🏛️ In their latest @euractiv.com op-ed, Eliza Lockhart and @keatingetom.bsky.social argue that Europe must move beyond fragmented, reactive measures to adopt a clear and coherent economic security doctrine. Read here 👉 www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

📣 Paper launch: The Role of Rewards for Whistleblowers in the Fight Against Economic Crime | 09:00 GMT on 10 December 2024 | RUSI – 61 Whitehall 📅 Join us for a discussion on whistleblowers and the fight against economic crime: my.rusi.org/events/role-...

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