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STR: Suspicious Transaction Report

Dec 15, 2023

While the tempo of Russia sanctions issuance has dropped off, policymakers and diplomats are working to boost their effectiveness. But what does ‘sanctions effectiveness’ mean and how can we measure it? And are sanctions serving their purpose to undermine the Russian war machine?

Host Kinga Redlowska, Head of CFCS...


Dec 1, 2023

Those in the private sector can often feel stuck between policymakers who fear cryptocurrencies are undermining their carefully built regulatory fortifications, and the online world of dark markets beyond those regulatory walls.

Host Tom Keatinge is joined by co-author Allison Owen, CFCS Associate Fellow, and Rodrigo...


Nov 17, 2023

Effective implementation of sanctions requires cooperation with partners around the globe. Host Tom Keatinge, Director of CFCS at RUSI, sat down with EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan in Brussels to explore the EU’s approach to negotiations with third countries to clamp down on the circumvention of sanctions,...


Nov 3, 2023

Before 7 October 2023, the terrorist threat posed by Hamas was largely clouded by preoccupation with geopolitical tensions and the ongoing war in Ukraine. But not anymore. Hamas’s coordinated attacks on Israel and the resultant conflict has made the terror group’s threat and its financing unavoidable. Host Stephen...


Oct 20, 2023

Recently, the political class in Westminster has been consumed with with the conduct of bank accounts or, more specifically, when these are being closed, unilaterally, by banks. It’s a long running problem. Might the spotlight brought to the issue by Nigel Farage finally create some overdue action by the UK...