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Video Commentary: IWT in Uganda: Following the Financial Footprints, 5 October 2021
Commentary accompanying release of ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade in Uganda: Tracking Progress on “Following the Money”’ - the most in-depth independent study of Uganda’s response to wildlife-linked illicit finance. |
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Recorded presentation: SafeSeas, 'Blue Crimes: Rethinking the Maritime Security Agenda', 10 September 2020
Discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the term ‘blue crime’, including the extent to which the concept recognises the diverse nature of maritime crime and provides a basis for an integrated response. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein, 'Boris Johnson's Policing Pledge: The Key Will Be Delivering Beyond the Frontline', Prospect, 31 July 2019
20,000 extra officers is good news but the government must address urgent questions around logistics, coordination, and the resourcing of other services. The policing crisis requires a coherent, system-wide response beyond the visible frontline. Whether the impending drive represents the start of such a response remains to be seen. |
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Recorded presentation: 'The Wildlife Trafficking-Security Nexus: Targeting the Organised Crime Threat', RUSI Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research, 10 October 2018
Speaker on panel chaired by Lord Hague of Richmond on research and practical measures to disrupt the criminal dynamics driving transnational wildlife trafficking. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein, Tom Keatinge and Alexandria Reid, 'Endangered Animals: How "Following the Money" Could Save Lives', BBC, 10 October 2018
Around the world, illegal wildlife trade is having a devastating effect on many species. Animals - both dead and alive - are being bought and sold on an industrial scale as food, pets, medicines and even ornaments. The hidden driver behind this trade is a basic one: the pursuit of profit. Targeting the profits made by those involved could help protect them. |
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Recorded speaking engagement: London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, 'IWT As A Serious Organised Crime: "Follow the Money" - Tackling Illicit Financial Flows associated with the Illegal Wildlife Trade', 12 October 2018
Moderator of DfID panel session at the London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade on the use of financial tools to disrupt illegal wildlife trade. |
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TV interview: The Illicit Cigarette Trade in Europe
BBC World, 5 July 2017 Interview with BBC world on the findings of Project SUN, an annual study that examines the scale and scope of the illicit cigarette trade across the EU, Norway and Switzerland |
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Radio interview: Cathy Haenlein talks to Newshour, BBC World Service, 13:06, 22 June 2019, on saiko fishing in Ghana
Analysis to accompany release of Environmental Justice Foundation report 'Stolen at Sea: How Illegal 'Saiko' Fishing is Fuelling the Collapse of Ghana's Fisheries'. |
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Recorded presentation: Human Trafficking and Illicit Cigarette Trade: Global Consequences, RESPECT International Webinar Series 2018, 17 May 2018
Participation in RESPECT webinar series 'The Human Trafficking-Organized Crime Nexus: Intersections, Vulnerabilities, and Analysis for the Private Sector', providing an introduction to the illicit cigarette trade in Europe. |
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Recorded presentation: Whitehall Paper launch, ‘Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa: Myths and Realities’, 12 January 2017
Speaker on panel chaired by Lord William Hague for the launch of RUSI's landmark study exploring the nexus between poaching, wildlife trafficking and security. |
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TV interview: Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security - Insight, Animal Poaching, Part I, TRT World, 13 January 2017
Interview with TRT World to discuss research on poaching and wildlife trafficking as threats to security. |
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Recorded presentation: Occasional Paper launch, ‘Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens Our Security’, 18 July 2017
Presentation of the findings of a new RUSI Occasional Paper, which argues that large-scale illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing must be recognised as transnational organised crime. |
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Recorded presentation: Occasional Paper launch, ‘Follow the Money: The Use of Financial Investigation in Countering Wildlife Trafficking’, 11 September 2017
Presentation of findings of RUSI Occasional Paper on the need for increased focus on the financial dimensions of wildlife crime and the disruption of the financial networks of perpetrators. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein and Tom Keatinge, ‘Follow the Money: How Financial Investigation Can Combat Poaching in Kenya’, Newsweek, 2 July 2016
In recent years, the Kenyan government's commitment to tackling wildlife crime has been considerable. Yet more ivory is still shipped through the port of Mombasa than any other route out of Africa. Attention should now turn to the use of financial investigation to identify the accomplices, facilitator and support networks of those directly involved. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein, ‘How to Stop $1 Trillion Escaping Africa: Tackling Tax Evasion, Bribery and Corruption’, Salt Magazine, 30 June 2016
Though impossible to gauge precisely, illicit financial flows from the developing world are estimated at a staggering $1.1 trillion, growing by 6.5% per year - well over GDP growth rates in many cases. Many African states’ weak governance make them a prime target for such illicit flows - which, dwarfing flows of aid into Africa, may be the single greatest impediment to achieving the goals of the sustainable development era. |
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Live TV interview: An Illusion of Complicity: Interview on ivory trafficking and terrorism, CNN, 24 September 2015
Interview on the lack of evidence behind the allegedly close link between ivory trafficking and the financing of terror group Al-Shabaab. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein, ‘How Severe is the Terror Threat in East Africa?’, BBC, 20 July 2015
Final preparations are underway for US President Barack Obama to touch down in the Kenyan capital this week. As security personnel flood Nairobi, the president will step into a country where security and politics are closely entwined. His trip has provoked divergent assessments of the threat landscape. Nairobi governor Evans Kidero sees the visit as the ultimate confirmation of Kenya's security. The US State Department, meanwhile, highlights the potential threat to the summit at which Obama will speak. |
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Radio interview: British Troops Arrive in Somalia to Fight Terrorism, Radio France Internationale, 2 May 2016
A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a UN-backed African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to counter Islamist militants. Commentary on the nature of the deployment and its likely impact. |
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TV interview: Somali, African Union Forces Face Resurgent Al-Shabab, Voice of America, 28 April 2016
Discussion of research on the effectiveness of peacekeeping under the African Union Mission in Somalia. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein, ‘Nigeria Post-Election: Bellwether of African Democracy?’, Al-Jazeera, 17 April 2015
The victory of Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria's 2015 presidential elections was viewed as a landmark - the first time a sitting president had been voted out of office. Equally important was incumbent Goodluck Jonathan's acceptance of defeat - not a given in a region in which rulers have often gone to great lengths to retain power. This has inspired hopes for a new era of democratic progress, prompting talk of an 'African spring'. |
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Print article: Cathy Haenlein and Ashlee Godwin, ‘Ebola in Sierra Leone is Not Just a Health Crisis’, Al-Jazeera, 24 December 2014
In the Christian calendar, Christmas is cause for celebration - a symbol of hope founded in the birth of a saviour. But in Sierra Leone, this time of merriment offers no respite from the misery currently being suffered. Indeed, as recent headlines have proclaimed, Christmas has now been cancelled. In the run-up to Christmas Day, Sierra Leoneans are once again under lockdown, following the prohibition of public gatherings to celebrate the occasion. |