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  • Opaque Operations: The Transparency Gap in Humanitarian Work in Somalia

    Decades of humanitarian crisis in Somalia have led to an equally entrenched system of diverting humanitarian aid to malign actors. This report focuses on ways in which UN/INGOs must act transparently, responsibly, and effectively in Somalia.
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  • Paraguay and Terrorism in the Tri-Border Area

    Numerous terrorist groups operate in Paraguay’s southeast near its border with Argentina and Brazil. U.S.-sanctioned terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, and Hamas, are believed to recruit, plan attacks, and fundraise in the TBA, and within Paraguay specifically.
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  • Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists: Threat, Mitigation Opportunities, and Challenges

    This report summarizes a CEP webinar supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Moreover, it provides detailed CEP policy recommendations regarding the issue set.

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  • Policy Brief: Update zur rechtsextremen Infrastruktur auf Facebook, Instagram und YouTube in Deutschland

    Author: Alexander Ritzmann

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  • Propagandists, Recruiters, and Spokespersons

    CEP has studied the influence and danger of terrorist recruiters operating online. Although many of the extremists listed below are subject to U.N. sanctions, the corresponding arms embargo, travel ban, and assets freeze have done little to address the issue of online recruiting and trafficking.
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  • Prosecution of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France

    This policy paper presents insights regarding the prosecution of returnees in France, more specifically individuals who left France to travel to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq and returned.
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  • Qatar, Money, and Terror

    Qatar supported and harbored international terrorist organizations and individuals. The country has sent direct financial and material support to internationally-designated terrorist groups and knowingly permits internationally-designated or wanted terrorist leaders and financiers to operate within its borders.
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  • Qutbism

    Qutbism is an Islamist ideology that advocates violent jihad to establish governance according to sharia. It is believed to be the foundational ideology of today’s most dangerous violent Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda and ISIS.
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  • Recent Legal and Political Developments in the Repatriation of European Nationals from Northeastern Syria

    This policy paper presents selected legal and political developments regarding the repatriation of European nationals from Northeast Syria in 2022. 

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  • Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Released Islamist Extremists in Germany

    This report takes stock of and analyses the practical field of reintegration efforts for offenders with an Islamist background in Germany during and after detention. Specifically, this report focuses on the praxis of working with extremist offenders in prison, transition management, and post-release reintegration challenges.
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  • Resozialisierung und Reintegration von (ehemaligen) Inhaftierten aus dem Phänomenbereich islamistischer Extremismus

    Diese Studie stellt eine Bestandsaufnahme und Analyse des Handlungsfeldes der Resozialisierung und Reintegration von Straftäter*innen im Phänomenbereich des „islamistischen Extremismus“ im Strafvollzug und nach der Haftentlassung dar.

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  • Risk Policy Paper: Further Development of European Union Regulatory Framework for Cryptocurrencies Necessary to Mitigate Risks of Terrorism Financing

    Author: Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director CEP and former Coordinator ISIL, al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team, United Nations Security Council

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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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