Archive - Insight Monitor

Five Years of Following the Money 💸

Celebrating 5 years of newsletter writing

Apr 1 • Jessica Davis, PhD

March 2026

Illicit Money is out in Paperback!

Hello, Insight Monitor subscribers!

Mar 30 • Jessica Davis, PhD

Announcing the 2026 CASIS Essay Contest

Call for Papers: 2026 CASIS Essay Contest

Mar 23

New Patterns in Canadian Terrorism: Charges Are Up, Motivations Are Shifting—and More Youth Are Involved

Hello, Insight Monitor subscribers!

Mar 17 • Jessica Davis, PhD

Global Terrorism Financing Report

Mar 10 • Emelia Connolly

Following the Money

Recap of Insight Monitor for February 2026

Mar 5 • Lisa Niemzyk

Obscuring the Money Behind the Bombs: New Data on Terrorist Financial Tradecraft

How terrorists are hiding the source, destination, and use of funds -- and what to do about it

Mar 3 • Jessica Davis, PhD

February 2026

From Tehran to Sana’a: Cryptocurrency and Sanctions Evasion in the Axis of Illicit Finance

Ansarallah (the Houthis) and cryptocurrency-enabled terrorist financing

Feb 24 • Jessica Davis, PhD

Innovation at the Margins, but Continuity at the Core: How ISIL and AQ Are Adapting—and Enduring

Reviewing the 37th UN Monitoring Team report

Feb 17 • Jessica Davis, PhD

Global Terrorism Financing Report

Feb 12 • Emelia Connolly

A proposal: a strategic mandate for Canada's financial crimes agency

Published in the Globe and Mail

Feb 10 • Jessica Davis, PhD

The Cost of Terror: Financing Behind the Bondi Beach Attack

The antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 was an unspeakable tragedy that killed 15 people and injured 40, and that…

Feb 5 • Jessica Davis, PhD

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