The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), invites you to attend a webinar on countering terrorist financing.
This webinar will feature presentations on the nexus between terrorist financing and technology. Specifically, the webinar will highlight the following topics:
- Tech-enabled crowdfunding and cryptocurrency: how groups adapt, or fail to adapt, to enforcement landscapes;
- From hawala to stablecoins: understanding the liquidity architecture sustaining modern extremist operations;
- A look at regional dynamics in Europe and the latest findings from the Financial Action Task Force.
The presentations, followed by a Q&A, will highlight key considerations for P/CVE practitioners, researchers, and policymakers working to counter terrorist financing.
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Tuesday 16th September, 16:00 BST/11:00 EST
What: Presentation and Q&A
Panellists:
Dr. Jessica Davis completed her PhD in 2024 at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, examining counterterrorist financing policy and practice. Prior to undertaking her PhD, Jessica worked for the government of Canada in various roles in the Canadian Armed Forces, Global Affairs Canada, FINTRAC, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. She is the author of Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the 21st Century (2021) and Women in Modern Terrorism (2018) and has published extensively in the Globe and Mail, Just Security, Lawfare, and in academic journals. Jessica is an associate fellow with the Royal United Services Institute’s Centre for Finance and Security, a senior visiting fellow with the Soufan Center, and a senior associate with the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). She is a SSHRC Bombardier scholar, and in 2023, she won the prestigious SSHRC Impact Talent award. She is also the President of Insight Threat Intelligence and the non-profit Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies and co-host of Secure Line podcast. She is currently a post-doctoral associate at the University of Calgary faculty of Law. Her next book, Money for Mayhem: How Finance Fuels Terrorism – and How to Stop It, will be published by the University of Toronto Press in 2026.
Adam Rousselle is a researcher, writer, and consultant specializing in threat finance, weapons technology, macroeconomics, and geopolitics. His work has appeared in GNET, the Hudson Institute, Nikkei Asia, The Diplomat, Small Wars Journal, the New Lines Institute, and others. It has been cited by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Senate, and leading academic and policy journals. He is the founder of www.btl-research.com.
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Relevant Insights on Terrorist Financing
- ‘A New Society’: Behind Canadian Armed Forces Members’ Plot to Form a Militia and Seize Land by Jessica Davis
- Cash Flow: Breaking Down the Houthis’ Multibillion-Dollar Financial Networks by Adam Rousselle
- Combating the Islamic State Finance: Somalia and the Pan-African Nexus by Adam Rousselle