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Posts tagged with ‘Financing’

  • Feb092026

    Telegram Stars: Exploring Micropayment Exploitation, Digital Goods and the Evolving Tactics of Terrorist Financing

    Over the past decade, terrorist organisations have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to adapt to disruption in the digital environment. As…

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  • Jan282026

    “Agentic Smurfing”: How AI-Autonomous Micro-Laundering is Outpacing Traditional Terrorist Financing Detection

    The convergence of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency has created a new threat to counter-terrorism financing frameworks. By late 2025, extremist…

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  • Dec172025

    Monetising Misogyny: Engagement Farming and the Tactics Behind Incendiary Online Content

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…

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  • Dec112025

    The Weaponisation of Femininity: Gendered Realities in ISIS’s Digital Caliphate

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…

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  • Dec032025

    Have Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising

    Following the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals flooded into camps run by…

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  • Oct242025

    Closing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance

    This Insight is published to coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week to highlight positive interventionist technology tools in…

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  • Oct202025

    ICERAID: Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Crypto-Rewards

    Over the last several years, extremist and terrorist groups have begun using cryptocurrencies in a myriad of operational capacities.      …

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  • Sep102025

    State of the Art: Unpacking the FATF’s Terrorist Financing Threat Assessment 

    On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter for countering the financing of…

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  • Sep052025

    Beyond Hawala: Emerging Online Financing Trends Among South Asian Violent Extremist Groups in 2025

    Throughout 2025, we have witnessed the rapid evolution of fundraising tactics used by violent extremist groups across South Asia. Despite…

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  • Aug292025

    Pixelated Profits: Terrorist Financing Through In-Game Economies in Indonesia

    Indonesia’s massive gaming market, led by Mobile Legends, Free Fire, and PUBG Mobile, generates billions and functions as a digital…

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