Terrorism requires funding for various reasons. Operatives require funding for travel arrangements, training new members, forging documents and paying bribes to facilitate attacks, among other things. However, it is worth highlighting that recruitment does not always require large amounts of funding. During “active recruitment,”1...

Following the coronavirus outbreak, mandated lockdowns were implemented that led millions of people to stay home. The financial industry has seen less money laundering cases and fines from regulators because COVID-19 completely disrupted the demand of illicit drug trafficking and successive money laundering measures. During...