At the end of January, several local Indian news organizations reported that al-Qassam brigades (AQB), the military wing of Hamas, could be behind a cryptocurrency mobile wallet[i] hack in India.[ii] Continue reading
The exploitation of cryptocurrency for terrorism purposes is an evolving threat. Continue reading
In November 2020, following the terrorist attacks in France, Germany, and Austria, the European Council[i] Continue reading
As analyzed in the previous articles, the impact of a terrorist attack can affect a country’s peace dividends[i] and, as a consequence, its whole economy.[ii] Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, the share of government expenditure grows when terror attacks occur as public spending on defense and security increases.[i] Continue reading
Researches and surveys, so far, highlight how the negative impact of jihad on the EU economy creates a trickle-down effect on people and fields of business that can vary with the maturity of an economy but also with the nature and target of the attack. Continue reading
Jihadist terrorist attacks perpetrated on European soil during the last months have heightened fears that a new terror wave could be building across the EU.[i] Continue reading
On August 13, the US Department of Justice announced that the US government, through a multiagency effort, seized about $2 million in Bitcoin from accounts connected to Al Qaeda, Daesh, and the al-Qassam Brigades (i.e. Hamas’s paramilitary arm) and disrupted their terrorism financing cryptocurrency networks. Continue reading
On May 7, for the third consecutive year, a renewed bitcoin crowdfunding campaign surfaced on al-Raya foundation’s Telegram channel, the media outlet of the Salafi Army of the Nation in Jerusalem, a pro-al Qaeda jihadist organization operating in the Gaza Strip.[i] Continue reading
At the end of February, a summit of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[i], pressed countries to align themselves with global cryptocurrency standards from the intergovernmental organization, FATF (Financial Action Task Force), on standards on virtual assets and related providers[ii]. Continue reading