"Terrorism financiers have a fraud dossier - a black book if you like - of what low-level fraud they can commit which will avoid detection by law enforcement agencies”.

In our latest podcast Themis' Viri Chauhan is in conversation with Dr Nicholas Ryder - a professor in financial crime and an expert in Terrorist Financing. They discuss the basics and delve deeper into how terrorism is financed through legitimate companies, organisations and even the charitable sector. They also talk about what organisations should be doing to help mitigate this threat within their own organisations.

"9/11 was a catalyst. After 9/11, there was a plethora of initiatives - international, regional and domestic laws - which formed part of what George Bush famously referred to… as the global war on terrorism. What we found is that no one really defined… the financial aspects of the global war on terrorism"

This is the first in a 2 part series exploring the world of terrorist financing.