A new report from the Financial Action Task Force examines how financial intelligence can be used to protect children from online sexual exploitation.

CFS Director Tom Keatinge speaks with Abi Harrison from the United Kingdom's HM Treasury and Stefan Jerga from the Australian Federal Police about a new report from the Financial Action Task Force, examining the financial dimension of online child sexual exploitation. The report, which they co-led, highlights the alarming growth of this horrific crime and the financial indicators which can be used to detect, disrupt and investigate perpetrators and safeguard victims.

With geopolitical risk rising, this episode examines a recent Dutch National Bank report on how banks should navigate growing global tensions and fragmentation.

CFS Director Tom Keatinge speaks with Thomas Vos, Strategy & Policy Advisor of De Nederlandsche Bank and Haroon Sheikh, Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) on the risks posed to the banking sector by growing geopolitical risk and fragmentation, their impact on society, and how the financial community should respond.

How could frozen Russian assets be used and what are the legal and geopolitical implications?

Head of CFS Europe, Kinga Redlowska, is joined by Anton Moiseienko, CFS Associate Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Law at the Australian National University, along with Tom Keatinge, Director of CFS. They explore the ongoing debate about the future of frozen Russian assets, examining their potential uses and the legal, political and economic consequences for EU sanctions policy and international law.