Financial Crimes & Illicit Trade

More and more economic activity is taking place in the shadows. Nonstate actors, from terrorist groups to cybercriminals, have turned to financial crimes to fund their operations. Meanwhile, autocratic states have resorted to illicit trade to evade sanctions and regulations. Democracies must work together, powered by new innovations in technology, to bring that activity into the light—and to an end.

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Housed within the GeoEconomics Center, the Economic Statecraft Initiative (ESI) publishes leading-edge research and analysis on sanctions and the use of economic power to achieve foreign policy objectives and protect national security interests.

At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.

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