by Ashley Boyle | Dec 13, 2012 | Monitor
Estimates have found that illicit cash flows account for 2-5% (US$800 billion to US$2 trillion) of global GDP. Terrorism and crime are business operations requiring inputs — and more importantly, funding — in order to conduct operations. Due to the...
by Ashley Boyle | Dec 7, 2012 | Monitor
On December 4th, the Financial Intelligence and Information Sharing (FIIS) Working Group hosted its winter symposium at the American Bar Association in Washington, DC. It was the first event hosted by the Working Group since becoming an element of the American...
by Ashley Boyle | Dec 4, 2012 | Monitor
Threat finance is an enabling factor of crime and terrorism, and therefore, a challenge to both national and international security. The integration of global financial systems, as well as technological innovation and proliferation, has reduced barriers to threat...
by Ashley Boyle | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is interviewed as part of a discussion about national security and intelligence issues that have arisen from US counterterrorism efforts and events in Benghazi, Libya. Watch the discussion here: National Security Myopia –...
by Ashley Boyle | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
On November 13, 2012, the African Union approved an ECOWAS plan for a military intervention in Mali that may eventually expand to include elements from the EU and UN. Though the plan still requires UN endorsement, it is increasingly clear that military operations are...