Financial Crime: An Intelligence-Led Response is Needed
Intelligence gaps are at the heart of the UK’s vulnerability to financial crime – evidence rather than supposition must form the basis of the response.keatinge_newsbrief_sept_vol.36_no.5.pdfWhitehall has invested considerable resources in preparing for the late 2017 evaluation of its anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terror financing...
France: Learning the Lessons of Nice
The attack in Nice has not just placed France’s counterterrorism strategy under the spotlight. It has also increased pressure on the French authorities to build a more culturally inclusive society.abbas_newsbrief_sept_vol.36_no.5.pdfOn the night of 14 July, after a terrorist struck Nice, France, initial reaction was to associate it with...
Russia’s Supreme Court Questions USSR’s Role in 1939 Invasion of Poland
The court upheld the conviction of a blogger for a social media post describing Soviet-Nazi collaboration during World War II. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Clandestine “Information War” in The Czech Republic
Russian intelligence services are the most active foreign intelligence service in the Czech Republic, a report by the Czech counterintelligence agency found. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
ADC “Memorial” and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group welcomes the Concluding observations of the UN CERD addressed to the government of Ukraine
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its concluding observations and recommendations following consideration of the 22-23 State periodic report of Ukraine and the alternative materials from non-profit organizations …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Supreme Court rules that the USSR did not invade Poland in 1939
Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Perm blogger Vladimir Luzgin for reposting a text which states that both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939. The Supreme Court’s ruling came on September 1, 2016, the 77th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, 17 days before the anniversary of the...
Crackdown Intensifies In Pre-Election Chechnya
In a new report, Human Rights Watch describes Kadyrov’s reign as “tyranny.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How to Get Started Investigating the Russian-language Internet
Bellingcat’s Aric Toler explains how investigating sources, images and stories originating in Russia and Eastern Europe can be challenging if you don’t know the tools required. From FirstDraftNews.com. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Leaders Campaign Against ‘Pro-Putin’ Trump
August 29, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Opens Probe of Moscow Fire Tragedy
Deaths of 14 Kyrgyzstani migrants underline the often hard conditions that Central Asian workers face. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
