About
Project CRAAFT is an academic research and community-building initiative designed to build stronger, more coordinated counter terrorist financing (CTF) capacity around the globe. The project engages with authorities, private entities and universities in order to promote cross-border connectivity and targeted research.
CRAAFT II: Collaborative Responses to the Role of New Technologies in Terrorist Financing
CRAAFT II: Collaborative Responses to the Role of New Technologies in Terrorist Financing is the new phase of Project CRAAFT, which started in 2025. Building on the success of its predecessor, CRAAFT II will continue to strengthen global counter-terrorist financing (CTF) efforts.
CRAAFT II, funded by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, is led by the Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI, in collaboration with RUSI Europe and the Tbilisi-based think tank Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS).
The project will bring together the public and private sectors to enhance collaboration and deepen the understanding of terrorist financing threats.
Consortium members - CRAAFT II
History: CRAAFT I
CRAAFT started as a project funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund – Police, implemented by a Consortium led by RUSI Europe, along with the University of Amsterdam, Bratislava-based think tank GLOBSEC and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), based in The Hague.
From July 2023 onwards, Project CRAAFT was managed by the Centre for Finance and Secuirty (CFS) at RUSI.
Consortium members - CRAAFT I
Meet the CRAAFT II team
Kinga Redlowska
Gonzalo Saiz
Tom Keatinge
Irina Mamulashvili
Balázs Gyimesi
CRAAFT I experts
Stephen Reimer
Jessica Davis
Mary Fitzgerald
Bethan Johnson
Matthew Levitt
Matthew Redhead
Nicholas Ryder
Mara Wesseling
Dr Noémi També
Rūta Bajarūnaitė
Jason Blazakis
Marieke de Goede
Maja Dehouck
Tanya Mehra
Méryl Demuynck
Juraj Kuruc