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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wagner-sponsored arsonists covicted; UK citizens paid by Russian proxy to burn down a London warehouse storing aid for Ukriane - highlights the role of serious organised crime and state threats. Read @cfs-rusi.bsky.social Rusi's Matthew Redhead on State Threats at Socace's site - bit.ly/4eK7HW6 -

Old Wine, New Bottles? The Challenge of State Threats — SOC ACE

From the combination of traditional intelligence tradecraft with new technologies, attempts to innovate, a willingness to take greater risks, and a growing willingness to contract out activities to bo...

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Jul 9

📢 And watch this space for more research and analysis coming out of this work, with a series of synthesis papers from kicking off soon! New papers on Russia, China, Iran, DPRK, cyber, organised crime, illicit finance, information manipulation, proliferation beyond the West, concepts and more.

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Jul 9

4. Shape a coherent, comprehensive and prioritised set of responses
5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.

Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Jul 9

The note also sets out 5 implications for future policy, based on @matthewrr.bsky.social's research:

1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Jul 9

The briefing note sets out:

- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Jul 9

Out now, a new @soc-ace.bsky.social briefing note on @matthewrr.bsky.social's big paper on #statethreats. This research builds on longstanding collaboration with @cfs-rusi.bsky.social. Both the must read paper & brief are at bit.ly/44mF262.

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Dec 20

Our last newsletter for 2024 has just gone out, and it's a big one! 👇

Sign up to receive our newsletter at socace-research.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?id...

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Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE) @giace.bsky.social · Dec 12

Insights from the latest research by Daniel Haberly:

🚨 Mismatch in financial regulatory focus
⚖️ Disconnect between AML/CFT compliance & transparency
🌐 Regulatory gaps in major economies (USA, China)

🔗 RIFF dataset: bit.ly/3ZMcHDL
🔗 Working paper: bit.ly/3ZMcHDL

#GIACE #TransparencyMatters

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Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social · Dec 9

Excited to see this great article from Suzi Ring & Martin Arnold in the @financialtimes.com yesterday covering new @soc-ace.bsky.social & @cfs-rusi.bsky.social research by Eliza Lockhart on potential financial rewards for economic crime whistleblowers. 👇

www.ft.com/content/2ebb...

UK should pay whistleblowers to cut financial crime, says think-tank

Royal United Services Institute says scheme would reduce those who take information to US agencies

www.ft.com

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Dec 2

@samibensassi.bsky.social and other colleagues at the University of Birmingham have a new SOC ACE research project on the role of global trade hubs in #smuggling along the ‘new Silk Road’.

For more info on this project see - www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/smu... 👇

Smuggling along the new silk road: The role of Global Trade Hubs (GTH) — SOC ACE

The project evaluates the role of Global Trade Hubs (GTH) along the maritime Silk Road in facilitating illicit activities, particularly smuggling, leveraging proven methods based on mirror trade stati...

www.socace-research.org.uk

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Dec 2

📢 A new #openaccess paper from @samibensassi.bsky.social and Arisyi Raz on whether or not #FATF is an effective tool for combatting trade-related #fraud.

Click below for the journal article 👇

To find out more about the research project - www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/23-...

samibensassi.bsky.social @samibensassi.bsky.social · Nov 30

Check out our new research paper 👇

Combating trade-related fraud: do the Financial Action Task Force recommendations bite?

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Combating trade‐related fraud: do the Financial Action Task Force recommendations bite?

We evaluate the efficacy of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 2012, which set the global standard on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, by exploiting its stagger....

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 29

This episode features Mariana Botero, Felipe Botero and Juanita Duran.

To find out more about the research project go to www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/32-... 👇

Negotiating with criminal groups: Colombia’s Total Peace policy — SOC ACE

This research results from the opportunity provided by the approval and implementation of the Total Peace policy in Colombia, a country that, despite the signature of a peace process in 2016, still ha...

www.socace-research.org.uk

Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 29

📢 A new podcast from GI-TOC and the 2nd in a series on SOC ACE's research project on Colombia's #TotalPeace plan. The team discuss the 2022 truce signed by 2 gangs in the coastal town of Buenaventura & what the research is telling us about the impact on violence.
globalinitiative.net/analysis/dee...

Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime - The Podcast

The Deep Dive podcast takes an in depth look at transnational organized crime investigations from the Global Initiative, drawing on the range of expertise from the GI Network of over 500 experts.

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 29

Upcoming webinar on #illicitfinance from our friends over at @giace.bsky.social 👇

Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE) @giace.bsky.social · Nov 28

Join us for the launch of the groundbreaking Regulation of Illicit Financial Flows (RIFF) dataset—the most comprehensive resource to date tracking long-term change in the global IFF regulatory landscape.
📅 11th December 2024
⏰ 1:00 PM UK Time
🔗 bit.ly/RIFFDatasetL...

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 26

Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · Nov 26

🚨🗞Today's Insight Monitor is out, and it's another edition of our Research Reads series. Update your knowledge on terrorist and illicit financing with the latest research! Free to read, so dig in :)
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/funding-th...

Funding the Flames: The Dark Side of Crowdfunding and Terrorism

Edition 3 of the Insight Monitor Bookclub

newsletter.insightthreatintel.com

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Maria Nizzero @marianizzero.bsky.social · Nov 26

Kicking off my Bluesky account with a new hot off-the-press publication in the @rusi.bsky.social RUSI Journal: 'Illicit Finance as a National Security Threat: Balancing Security and Unintended Consequences'.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#illicitfinance #nationalsecurity

Illicit Finance as a National Security Threat: Balancing Security and Unintended Consequences

In recent decades, illicit finance has evolved from being considered an adjunct to other security threats, such as organised crime or terrorism, to a security threat in its own right. For an issue ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 26

📢 Launch event for new research by @cfs-rusi.bsky.social's Eliza Lockhart on the impact of financial rewards for whistleblowers in the fight against #economiccrime.

Click below for the link to register for the event. 👇

Find out more about the research: www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/whi...

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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · Nov 26

"JNIM, said it ambushed a convoy of mercenaries working for the Wagner Group on Thursday in the Mopti region, killing fighters and burning vehicles."
apnews.com/article/mali...

At least 6 mercenaries with Russia's Wagner group killed in an extremist attack in Mali

At least six Russian mercenaries were killed in an attack by an al-Qaida-linked group in central Mali, according to a statement by the extremists on its media platform.

apnews.com

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 25

SOC ACE Research Programme project website: www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/32-...

Team in the podcast: 🤩
Felipe Botero, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Juantia Duran, Laboratorio de Justicia y Política Criminal
Kyle Johnson, Conflict Responses

Negotiating with criminal groups: Colombia’s Total Peace policy — SOC ACE

This research results from the opportunity provided by the approval and implementation of the Total Peace policy in Colombia, a country that, despite the signature of a peace process in 2016, still ha...

www.socace-research.org.uk

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 25

A second podcast episode in a series looking at research on Colombia's #TotalPeace plan is coming soon! In the meantime, here's the first episode from 28th Oct for those who would like to catch up with what the research team have been doing. 👇

globalinitiative.net/analysis/dee...

Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime - The Podcast

The Deep Dive podcast takes an in depth look at transnational organized crime investigations from the Global Initiative, drawing on the range of expertise from the GI Network of over 500 experts.

globalinitiative.net

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 25

Welcome to friends at @openownership.bsky.social! 👇

Louise Russell-Prywata @louise-rp.bsky.social · Nov 25

@openownership.bsky.social is now on Bluesky too, follow us for all things #beneficialownership 🙌🏼

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Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social · Nov 24

New SOC ACE researchers Starter Pack! 🤩

Keep on top of their great research on organised crime, illicit finance, kleptocracy, corruption etc with SOC ACE, and beyond. 👇

Will update as & when more people join 🦋. 👀

go.bsky.app/Tfr9XtB

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · Nov 23

I have put together a starter pack of those who I follow in the NATSEC, war studies and #Ukraine communities. This is just an initial list - it is sure to expand.

go.bsky.app/pfbxoC

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ICIJ @icij.org · Nov 20

The #OffshoreLeaks Database just got a major upgrade! Our new API lets you match your own data with ours in real time. #Researchers, #journalists and regulators: This is your chance to dig deeper and more efficiently! Comment with any questions below.

Reconciliation API

The Reconciliation API is a service designed to help users match their data against the Offshore Leaks Database. This document provides an overview of the API's capabilities, structure, and usage.

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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · Nov 20

Cracking oped from @financialtimes.com editorial board, calling for public registers of beneficial ownership to end 'The scourge of corporate secrecy' (and citing @taxjusticenet.bsky.social, thank you kindly) www.ft.com/content/0bb3...

The scourge of corporate secrecy

A concerted push towards open-access data is needed to fight dirty money

www.ft.com

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