On Tuesday, 12 November 2024, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) will host a virtual launch event for its latest Trends Tracker on “Evolving Trends in the Financing of Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Activity: 2014 – 2024."
The Trends Tracker offers a brief examination of how financial flows related to FTF travel and activities have evolved over the past 10 years, reflecting the changes in their locations and circumstances. Financial activity linked to Da’esh-inspired FTFs typically involves supporters collecting or sending small amounts of money abroad or financing their own or others’ travel to zones with terrorist activity. This money typically comes from legal means, often personal savings, and sometimes may be collected on behalf of others. Individuals may coordinate the donations through encrypted mobile applications, send the funds in the form of virtual assets, wire them abroad through a fiat money service business, or, if collected in cash, pass them to couriers. Overall, the financial patterns associated with FTFs have demonstrated remarkable adaptability, shifting from relatively simple methods to increasingly sophisticated and technologically advanced approaches.
The launch event will feature a brief overview of the main findings presented in the Trends Tracker and a discussion with experts on the topic highlighting global and regional trends.
The virtual launch event will be held on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 from 9:30am-11:30am EST, via Microsoft Teams.
You can register .
The draft agenda is available here.
A brief overview of the report is available here; and you can download the full report here.
For any questions, please contact Ms. Svetlana Martynova, martynovas@un.org.