Collaboration, Research and Analysis Against the Financing of Terrorism – Building stronger, coordinated CTF capacity in the EU and its neighbourhood
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🚨 The US Department of Justice and FBI have announced the seizure of approx. $200,000 in cryptocurrency, disrupting a Hamas fundraising network that had raised $1.5 million through crypto.
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⚖️ This case demonstrates how blockchain technology can be used not just by illicit actors—but also to stop them. Public-private collaboration is proving essential in fighting terrorism financing.
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Read the full DOJ press release here justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d…
For more on CRAAFT’s work on #CTF and new tech, and information-sharing and PPPs, you may find our reports and briefings here: projectcraaft.eu/
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🔵 The stages of TF - how funds are raised, moved, stored, and used
🔵 Georgia’s specific TF threats, challenges, and responses
🔵 The importance of public-private partnership in countering the financing of terrorism
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This project is sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.
More lectures for youth are on the way - stay tuned for more updates on CRAAFT II! 🚀
Learn more about #CRAAFT here: projectcraaft.eu/
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📢 The 2025 European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is now out.
The report addresses the organised crime-terrorism nexus in Europe, or crime-enabled terrorism financing as we name it in our #CRAAFT research.
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🧨 Procurement and trafficking of firearms and explosives, as well as fraudulent documents, between criminal and terrorist actors, has been reported both outside and within the EU.
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Read the full hashtag#SOCTA report here 👉 europol.europa.eu/publicatio…
To learn more about crime-enabled terrorism financing in Europe, read our CRAAFT report here 👉 projectcraaft.eu/reports/mis…
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📢 New US terrorist designations and arrests of cartel members
In Jan 2025, the Trump administration announced Executive Order 14157, entitled Designating Cartels and Other Organisations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
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See press release from the DOJ here 👉 justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-…
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For more on hashtag#CRAAFT’s work on terrorist finance, visit our website 👉 projectcraaft.eu/
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