How Hezbollah Fundraises Through Crime
OPINION — Hours after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel on its northern border, re-igniting a conflict […] More
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Dark Money: How Militants Exploit Hawala to Fund Terror
Bottom Line: For terrorists, moving money covertly through hawala networks to circumvent institutionalized banking systems remains one of their leading methods of avoiding detection. The […] More
Treasury Pick Will Track Russian Money Laundering, Even Into Trump Circle
CIA veteran Isabel Marie Keenan Patelunas, the Trump Administration pick to be assistant treasury secretary for intelligence and analysis, told Senate Intelligence Committee members Wednesday […] More
The New Frontier in Terror Fundraising: Bitcoin
When I worked as a counterterrorism analyst for the CIA, I always looked out for signs of terrorist groups adapting their methods. Now, as someone […] More