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The National
September 13, 2021

The National: Afghan terror training camps ‘could cause wave of attacks in Europe in five years’

Senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, quoted: “Tragically, it feels like we have come full circle. We are very much in a situation where we run the risk that we are chasing our tail,”

ACAMS
September 10, 2021

ACAMS: Counterterrorist Financing, Still a Work in Progress 20 Years After 9/11, Now a Lower Priority

“As a result, they cannot completely go out of the formal financial system and need a central node to control their financial flows,” said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director with the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin and New York City. “That...

Die ZEIT
September 1, 2021

Die ZEIT: Rechtsextreme Finanzen: Wohin führen die Spuren des Neonazi-Geldes?

Geschickt verschleiern Rechtsextremisten ihre Geldflüsse. Eine neue Untersuchung zeigt: Große Summen werden strategisch investiert, die Finanzämter sind gefragt.

Newsweek
August 27, 2021

Newsweek: Why the Taliban, Armed to the Teeth, May Struggle to Defeat ISIS-K

"These emissaries networked primarily in southern and eastern Afghanistan and gathered disgruntled Taliban fighters as well as some local power brokers, declaring their existence openly only in 2015, gathering also a range of foreign fighters...

NBC News
August 25, 2021

NBC News: Afghanistan is ‘weeks to months’ from economic collapse, experts say

Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of Counter Extremism Project, quoted: There may be “weeks, maybe a couple of months, if nothing else happens. Then the economy is in deep trouble”

Haaretz
June 21, 2021

Haaretz: The Secret Weapon That Helps Hamas Raise Millions of Dollars

“Now, instead of one Hamas wallet, you have many wallets and many donors. That makes it hard to follow the money,” explains Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project

Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2021

Wall Street Journal: Israel-Gaza Conflict Spurs Bitcoin Donations to Hamas

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has seen a surge in cryptocurrency donations since the start of the armed conflict with Israel last month, a senior official with the group said, exploiting a trend in online fundraising that has enabled it to...

Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland
April 23, 2021

Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland: Interview mit Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: Wird Afghanistan jetzt zur Brutstätte für Terroristen?

Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director des, Counter Extremism Project: „Es ist ein Wunschdenken, dass die Taliban nach 20 Jahren enger Verbindung damit beginnen würden, Al-Kaida zu kontrollieren.“

Heinrich Boell Stiftung
April 14, 2021

Heinrich Boell Stiftung: Die neue transnationale Dimension des Rechtsextremismus

Das Counter Extremism Project (CEP) untersuchte im Auftrag des Auswärtigen Amtes im letzten Jahr die transnationalen Verbindungen der gewaltorientierten rechtsextremen und -terroristischen Milieus in Deutschland, Großbritannien, Finnland, Frankreich...

Newsweek
April 8, 2021

Newsweek: How QAnon and ISIS Radicalize Supporters in the Same Way

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, talked about the similarities in how ISIS and QAnon managed to appeal to people to join, and how they also attract the same type of person, during an episode of The Hunt with...