"Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Berlin-based Counter Extremism Project told the Bundestag that the dearth of information about the financing of Islamist groups in Germany is partly due to 'legal gaps and hurdles, existing limitations on the powers of...

CEP Webinar: The Transnational Nexus of Right-Wing Extremism and Organized Crime | A. Ritzmann

On March 29, 2023, Mr. Alexander Ritzmann (Lead author & Germany chapter author; CEP Senior Advisor), gave a presentation on, "The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime" The new CEP study can be...

ISIS Women in Court: Nadine K. – What Role in the Yazidi Genocide?

The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This new CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. The first part on Monika K. can be found here . An overview of the state of prosecutions in...

"Months ago, when devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, another major development took place. A number of ISIS fighters were able to bribe their way, using U.S. dollars, out of prisons in the region. On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt...

CEP Policy Paper: Prosecution Of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a new policy paper, Prosecution of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France: Insights and Recommendations for Policymakers and Security Agencies, the second in a series of papers analyzing the prosecution...

Extremist Content Online: Web Store Uses GoDaddy Services, Sells Items Benefitting Neo-Nazi Propagandist

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers contacted GoDaddy regarding a neo-Nazi...

"Internal documents show that the Legion is struggling. Recruitment has stagnated. The Washington-based Counter Extremism Project wrote in March that the Legion and affiliated groups 'continue to feature individuals widely seen as unfit to perform...

"World Geostrategic Insights interview with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on how terrorists operate and finance their activities through cryptocurrencies, the extent to which this phenomenon has been spreading in Europe and the United States, and the...

"Think tank Counter Extremism Project says, 'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...Hamas’s...

CEP report A Year Of Foreign Fighting For Ukraine referenced in Belgian news: "Ukra En het Counter Extremism Project in Washington schreef in maart nog dat het Legioen en gelieerde groepen "'personen blijven aantrekken die algemeen beschouwd worden...