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PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant.
Ottawa, Canada
Joined April 2012
🚨🗞A new Insight Monitor is out! We're looking at all the #TerroristFinancing news from around the world. We have stories from North America, Lebanon, Türkiye, Somalia, Kenya, India, France, Germany, and more! Read, like, and share!
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Interesting. 🧐
Canada CBSA serves $36.9M penalty to Ontario business owner for failing to declare exported vehicles
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'The Canadian Security Intelligence Service confirmed it was investigating Canadians in Middle East terror groups, but declined to elaborate.'
globalnews.ca
About 450 people with assorted roles in Hamas have ties to Canada, Global News has learned.
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RCMP seize guns and Nazi flag from Alberta home.
globalnews.ca
Alberta RCMP say one man has been charged with wilful promotion of hatred and other offences after officers seized several guns and a flag bearing a swastika from a home.
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As Liberals on Justice committee are set to approve @BlocQuebecois amendment to C-9 removing the "religious exemption" to willful spreading of hate charge, Justice Minister Sean Fraser shares his view on exemption and freedom of expression/religion 🔽 https://t.co/klVjMBKjgj
nationalpost.com
Freedom of religion is already fully and robustly protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Please see my statement:
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It's almost like kinetic counterterrorism (on its own) doesn't work. "Hamas has been generating revenue from some of the more costly items flowing in by levying taxes on a small number of commercial goods, such as computers and solar panels" https://t.co/68tU3sLkPb
nytimes.com
A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.
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A perfect comment on the state of the US legal system: "The legal arguments against his extradition...rulings about disproportionate sentencing, political prosecutions, conditions of detention and the possibility of receiving a fair trial" https://t.co/z0clUI4ypn
theguardian.com
Daniel Andreas San Diego, now 47, is fighting extradition from the UK amid accusations he set off three pipe bombs in 2003
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Cryptocurrency, and stablecoins in particular, are very useful for illicit actors to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, and launder money. And there is increasingly little reasonable prospect of effective regulation. https://t.co/UYHijrbfnr
nytimes.com
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
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An animal rights activist was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for 15 years. Will he be returned to the US?
theguardian.com
Daniel Andreas San Diego, now 47, is fighting extradition from the UK amid accusations he set off three pipe bombs in 2003
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"Qatar has been cast as a catch-all villain, the hidden architect of Western decay...t’s partly recycled Islamophobia, but also a coordinated influence campaign" https://t.co/NEw7WCptHQ
aljazeera.com
Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia.
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To learn more about how terrorists abuse charities and NPOs:
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
And non-profit organizations
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The number one way that terrorist groups abuse NPOs is through an individual in a position of control or influence: "These so-called guarantors were often given influential administrative positions within the NGOs, such as director or board chair" https://t.co/RxPlQTl3qw
euractiv.com
New documents reveal the extent of the EU-designated terror group's efforts to control EU-funded organisations
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Good morning, there's another coup: this time Benin. https://t.co/0Uih5G2K4D
france24.com
Une tentative de coup d’État est en cours au Bénin, selon les informations de France 24. Des militaires ont annoncé à la télévision publique "démettre de ses fonctions" le président Talon. L'armée a…
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Joined the Secure Line podcast to talk about climate, democracy, and what it’s actually like to face sustained online and offline harassment as a woman working in politics. Listen now ⬇️ 🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/UveddYa79o 🎧 Apple:
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Podcast Episode · Secure Line · 2025-11-03 · 37m
🚨🎙️A new Secure Line podcast is out! This week, we speak with Catherine McKenna about her time in politics, the Ottawa convoy, and threats to public officials. Have a listen! https://t.co/wwv0CnLYFj
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Coming out Tuesday! Subscribe so you don't miss out on all the terrorist financing news from around the world: https://t.co/kwkI09qsnO
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To read our analysis:
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
And how it will impact terrorism in the region
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We've known about this ransom payment for a month, but now the transfer mechanism is clear: "Al-Maktoum and his two associates were released in late October for the equivalent of at least $23 million in cash taken from Emirati vaults and flown to Mali" https://t.co/R3DmfoKgB5
wsj.com
Jihadists received millions of dollars as they blockade the country’s capital and security across the region deteriorates.
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This is something, for sure. Canada rarely removes terrorists from its list of entities (as far as I recall, we've only previously removed MEK...): (Other listed entities still include the LTTE and Sendero Luminoso, for context). https://t.co/siwetIKJpX
canada.ca
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, today announced measures taken by the Government of Canada in relation to...
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Successful terrorism prosecution in Canada: "Jamal Borhot...was convicted after being charged with travelling to Syria in 2013 to assist in the terrorist activities of ISIS." https://t.co/yHD0jYuFDq
globalnews.ca
An Alberta judge has found 35-year-old Jamal Borhot of Calgary, guilty of three counts of participation in a terrorist group after he travelled to Syria in 2013 to fight for ISIS.
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