Archive
Lessons of Northern Ireland for Contemporary Counter-terrorism Policy
Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics
The Territorial Motivations of Terrorist Organisations
Dr Alex Braithwaite, University College, London
Utilisation of Cash Couriers
Dr Nicholas Ridley, The John Grieve Centre
The study dealt with the terrorist use of cash couriers. It examined the possibility of a strategic intelligence oversight by international efforts against financing of terrorism in the there was delayed and underestimated recognition of cash couriers in terrorist financing.
Information was gathered from operational practitioners, from government, law enforcement and the private financial sector.
The study gave an overview of cash couriers, then updated details of current deployment of cash couriers in their role(s) of terrorist financing. Operational examples were used in an examination of three regions specifically impacted by terrorist attacks. Conclusions were extrapolated with a simple overall conclusion drawn, and an overall recommendation submitted.
Analysis of Recent Terrorist Trials; Discovering Operationally Significant Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Extremists
Lindsay Clutterbuck ,
An evidence based analysis of selected Terrorism trials in the UK. Now available to download free of charge from the Rand Europe website.
Counterfeiting of Goods and its possible use as a Modus Operandi of Terrorist Financing
Dr. Nicholas Ridley, DASS London Metropolitan University
This study addressed three separate but interacting criminological issues. These were firstly the overall perception of financing of terrorism; secondly the link between the finances of organised crime and financing of terrorism; both are set against the massive backcloth formed by the third issue, the growing, but underestimated global problem of counterfeiting goods. The overall objective of the study is to ascertain the possibility and extent, to which terrorist groups may be utilising, or involving themselves in, the criminal activity of counterfeiting of goods in order to raise terrorist funds.
