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From the team analysing the intersection of finance and security, tune into compelling conversations on the real-world impact of global illicit finance. This podcast explores the financial dimensions of today's leading transnational security challenges. Host Tom Keatinge and the team from the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI bring you unique insights on the challenges posed by illicit finance and practical analysis of the policy responses. They interview top thinkers and influential voices who unpack the complex world of money laundering, corruption, sanctions evasion and illicit flows,...

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The Future Response to Asset Recovery 18.02.2022 33:00

Confiscating the proceeds of crime seems like an obvious way to deter illicit activity, yet asset recovery is all too often an afterthought in the global response to financial crime. Gretta Fenner of the Basel Institute on Governance joins CFCS's Maria Nizzero and Helena Wood to discuss why a smarter approach to asset recovery could be transformational in narrowing the global development gap and i...

The Cryptocurrency Rollercoaster 11.02.2022 31:50

More than a decade since Bitcoin's emergence, cryptocurrency continues to shake up the financial sector, keeping regulators on alert and intriguing the public. It simultaneously causes excitement about its possibilities, as well as concern about its illicit finance risks. But where are we exactly on crypto? Host Anton Moiseienko is joined by Ari Redbord of TRM Labs and CFCS's Allison Owen to take...

The Next Decades of Counterterrorist Financing 04.02.2022 35:09

How can the current counterterrorism financing (CTF) regime remain relevant when the threat is constantly evolving? In the 20 years since 9/11, terrorists have adopted diverse financing methods, new terrorist actors have emerged, and autocrats have co-opted CTF standards for their own nefarious purposes. Host Stephen Reimer is joined by RUSI Associate Fellow Jessica Davis and Amit Sharma of FinClu...

The Foundations of the Anti-Financial Crime System 28.01.2022 29:40

Is the current global anti-financial crime regime on the right track? Just a few weeks after leaving his role as Executive Secretary of the FATF, David Lewis joins host Tom Keatinge in setting the scene for this season. They look at international financial crime policy through the prism of its history and ask if it is meeting its intended goals. How has policy taken shape over the last 30 years, h...

End of Year Festive Special 17.12.2021 40:49

What stood out for the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies team in 2021? Tune in to the annual festive podcast episode with Isabella Chase, Aaron Arnold, Stephen Reimer and Helena Wood to find out about the financial crime scandals and surprises of 2021 and hear the team's predictions for the year ahead.

Financial Crime Insights Episode 26: A Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance: Starting at Home 22.10.2021 41:19

Originally publised 22 October 2021. The US and UK have intensified their focus on tackling money laundering, kleptocracy and corruption. Now, words need to translate into action. RUSI set up a Taskforce on a Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance (TARIF) to provide urgent input into the policy debate. CFCS's Tom Keatinge is joined by Taskforce members Moyara Ruehsen of the Middlebury Institute...