The Financing Of Right-Wing And Ethnically Or Racially Motivated Terrorism | Opening Remarks

Monday, Dec 07, 2020

CEP organized a virtual side event focused on the financing of right-wing and ethnically or racially motivated terrorism, co-hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Norway. 
The side event took place on December 7, 2020.

CEP as well as a range of leading international think tanks presented their recent research findings. Furthermore, presentations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) focused on the potential for joint and multilateral countermeasures by Member States and the international community.

Opening remarks:
Bernd Heinze, Head of Division International Cooperation against Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Corruption, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Kristin Hemmer Mørkestøl, Head of National Security Section in the Police Department, Ministry of Justice, Norway

Christopher Harnisch, Deputy Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism, U.S. Department of State

Kingsley Green, Head of Counter Terrorism and Extremism Network (Europe), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom

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