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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "While regulators and policymakers dither and try to decide if cryptocurrencies have a future in the economy, early adopters, including terrorists and violent extremists, are exploiting a law enforcement blind spot. The ease by which money laundering and terrorism financing take place with cryptocurrencies and the more dangerous privacy coins are becoming a security threat of our own making through bureaucratic inaction."

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April 11, 2023
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"Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, the Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), spoke with EER on this episode of the podcast about the use of cryptocurrency and related technologies by terrorists and other malign actors."

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March 3, 2023
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"European Eye on Radicalization (EER) was pleased to host a joint event with the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) recently about how Western states have handled domestic extremists and terrorists, the far-Right and Islamists."

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February 16, 2023
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"There is an absence of data on violent right-wing extremists' financial strategies in many countries because there has been an absence of targeted and systematic law enforcement investigations. There has not yet been enough current and in-depth analysis of the right-wing extremist terror and organised crime nexus in the same way those links have been identified in Islamist extremism, said Alexander Ritzmann, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin."

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February 14, 2023
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CEP-EER Webinar: “Combating the Financing of Violent Extremism” | Kyle Orton

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Eye on Radicalization (EER) invited to a webinar focusing on combating the financing of violent extremism. 

This webinar gave an overview of the current state of play on the financing of violent right-wing extremism and Islamist extremism using concrete examples to highlight both the challenges as well as the opportunities to enhance the protection of free and democratic societies by exposing and disrupting the income streams of extremist and violent extremist entities.

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Combating the financing of Islamist extremism
Kyle Orton
National security and terrorism analyst based in Britain

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Wednesday, Feb 08, 2023

CEP-EER Webinar: “Combating the Financing of Violent Extremism” | Alexander Ritzmann

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Eye on Radicalization (EER) invited to a webinar focusing on combating the financing of violent extremism. 

This webinar gave an overview of the current state of play on the financing of violent right-wing extremism and Islamist extremism using concrete examples to highlight both the challenges as well as the opportunities to enhance the protection of free and democratic societies by exposing and disrupting the income streams of extremist and violent extremist entities.

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Combating the financing of violent right-wing extremism
Alexander Ritzmann
Senior Advisor CEP, Senior Advisor Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), Associate Fellow German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "Historically, terrorist financing included donations, the misuse of non-profit organisations and criminal acts such as kidnapping, theft or the illicit drug trade and more recently, the exploitation of natural resources. However, with the growing adoption of new technologies, the misuse of cryptocurrencies by violent extremist groups and individuals has emerged as a new and additional financing technology. "

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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler Remarks at a Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee

On October 28, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler participated in the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee's (CTC) Special Meeting on “countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.” The CTC convened UN member states and other global stakeholders in Mumbai and New Delhi, India for a two-day event. 

Dr. Schindler spoke during the "Thematic Briefing II: Countering terrorism financing online – threats and opportunities related to new payment technologies and fundraising methods."

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