Episode 4: Right-wing extremism
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Price
Free
Location
Online
Type
Seminar
Time
14:00
Duration
1,5 hours
Registration deadline
23.03.2025
Understanding and disrupting right-wing extremist financing
Alexander Ritzmann | Masters- Degree in Political Science | Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
This webinar will explore legal and illegal financial strategies of right-wing extremists. It will further discuss opportunities for imporved analysis and disruption by government and private sector actors. Background: A German extreme-right entrepreneur, who operates at least three commercial businesses and has co-organized extreme-right large music festivals, is currently on trial for evading taxes amounting to 141,000 euros. Members of an affiliated “Neonazi-Mafia” have been accused and/or convicted for money laundering, tax evasion, illegal prostitution, drug and weapons trafficking and aggravated assault. These extreme-right entrepreneurs have (business) relationships with similar actors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) also found cases of “Neonazi-Mafia” structures in Poland, and the United States. These non-designated extremist individuals (or entities) and their affiliates operate various (legal?) commercial businesses. CEP has been proposing the implementation of a “Follow The Money” strategy to fight illegal extremism financing policy makers since 2021.
Emanuel Gedeon
bringt langjährige Erfahrung in Compliance, regulatorischer Beratung und der Optimierung von Steuerungsprozessen für Finanzinstitute mit. Als Executive Partner bei msg for banking leitet er den Bereich Governance & Regulatory Advisory. Zuvor war er in leitenden Positionen bei internationalen Beratungsunternehmen tätig.
Alexander Ritzmann
leitet die Arbeit des CEP Berlin zu gewalttätigen rechtsextremen und terroristischen (transnationalen) Netzwerken, sowohl offline als auch online. Er beschäftigt sich auch mit der Finanzierung von Extremismus und Terrorismus sowie mit der Internetregulierung (z.B. dem deutschen NetzDG und dem EU Digital Services Act). Darüber hinaus berät Herr Ritzmann das Wissenszentrum der Europäischen Kommission zur Prävention von Radikalisierung, wobei sein Fokus auf extremistischen Ideologien, Narrativen und strategischer Kommunikation liegt.
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AML Professionals, Compliance Officers, KYC and Transaction Monitoring Specialists, AML Program Managers.
Industry: Banking, Money Services Businesses (MSBs), Payments Companies, Fintechs.
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