(Berlin, Germany / New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to the webinar “Linkages Between Antisemitic Key Actors and Organized Crime”, which will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
This is the second webinar of a three-part series on how antisemitism is strategically exploited by extremist groups, a project supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
This webinar will shed light on the convergence between extremist actors espousing antisemitic ideologies and organized criminal networks. The objective of this session is to analyze how antisemitic extremist groups utilize criminal structures and illicit economies to finance their activities, access logistics, and expand their influence. It will also examine hybrid antisemitic-organized crime groups.
Building on the findings presented in the 2025 CEP study, “The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors”, the webinar will emphasize the transnational dimensions of these networks and the mutual benefits they derive from these alliances. Drawing from cross-country findings, the webinar will highlight how seemingly distinct extremist and criminal milieus converge around antisemitism as a unifying narrative and tactical framework.
The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time:
- U.S.: 9:00 am to 10:30 am ET
- Europe: 15:00 to 16:30 CET
EVENT PROGRAM:
Introductory Remarks:
Ms. Gabriele Scheel
Head of Division “International Cooperation against Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Corruption,” Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Presentations:
Mr. Alexander Ritzmann
Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
Dr. Magnus Ranstorp
Research Director and Associate Professor, Swedish Defence University
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Dienstbühl
Professor of Criminology, Brandenburg State Police University
Moderation:
Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88
The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.
REGISTRATION:
To participate in this webinar please register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dkjY8nJlRw6-Bva0BinxqA
Please register up to one hour before the webinar start so that your registration can be approved in time.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues with an interest in the subject.
To read our latest CEP report “The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors”, click here.
To learn more about CEP’s new Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88, the former home of the commandant of the concentration camp, Rudolf Hoess, and how to support this new effort, please check here.
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