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Coming out tomorrow from the Insight Monitor bookclub (Research Reads), our review of a new paper on illicit financing and militant organizations: open.substack.com/pub/insighti...

Risk and Reward: How Shadow Economies Impact the Financial Practices of Militant Organizations

Edition 2 of the Insight Monitor Bookclub

According to my count, there have been dozens of incidents of political violence since 2014. Not sure what ITAC is on about. newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/rising-thr...

Rising Threat: The Surge of Ideologically-Driven Terrorism in Canada

From ITI Labs: Data on terrorist attacks in Canada

This is curious: ITAC is saying that the Edmonton knife attack was an "act of domestic extremism and that it was the first incidence of political violence in Canada in a decade." What about the Quebec Mosque shooting? Incel attacks? London van attack? globalnews.ca/news/1077642...

‘Salad bar extremism’ has come to Canada, intelligence report says | Globalnews.ca

Edmonton city hall attack was part of trend of extremist violence fuelled by mix of motives.

Despite the death of Nasrallah (and much of Hezbollah leadership), the group's financing and facilitation networks remain intact. The question is: how will they be used in the future? newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/an-overvie...

An Overview of Hizballah's Activities in Canada in the Aftermath of the Soleimani Strike

Originally published by the Intrepid Podcast Blog

Need a primer on FINTRAC? We've got you covered: newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/safe-canad...

Safe Canadians, Secure Economy: FINTRAC’s 2020-2021 Annual Report

Recently, I read through every FINTRAC report looking for some clues as to the effectiveness of Canada’s counter-terrorist financing regime.

FINTRAC has accused "the agency’s former deputy director of intelligence, of sharing sensitive financial intelligence with an employee...[and of] conducting an unauthorized search on a former director and CEO of the organization." apple.news/AUBxgN976Qni...

FinTRAC official terminated over handling of suspicious transaction report, anti-money-laundering agency says — The Globe and Mail

The agency’s former deputy director of intelligence alleges it is a case of ‘disguised discipline’ by his former employer, which accuses him of sharing sensitive information with an employee

NOT GOOD:

Most people are going to miss this: "The agency said information that subsequently came to light led it to reassess one case involving an MP and drop it from the list." It's almost like intelligence isn't evidence, and it changes with more context.🧐 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Today, from Insight Monitor, here's everything you might have missed last month. We've got stories on Taylor Swift and the economics of terrorism, the financial future of the Islamic State, crypto, Deep Green Resistance, and more! newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/following-...

Following the Money

Recap of Insight Monitor for August 2024