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Nov 2020
52m 48s

New Technologies, Old Methods in Terrori...

THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE
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Terrorists of all types exploit technology to raise, use and move funds. CFCS’s Stephen Reimer speaks with security consultant and former Canadian intelligence analyst Jessica Davis about terrorists’ new–and often surprising–financing tactics and why financial intelligence is of vital importance. 

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