Western Banks and the Rise of Parallel Financial Systems

The growing risk of illicit and sanctions-evasive liquidity embedding Into global capital markets

Feb 5 • Adam Rousselle

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Podcast Interview: Access Hub

My latest appearance on the Access Hub podcast to the world of illicit finance and the growing global threat it poses

Feb 4 • Adam Rousselle

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January 2026

Understanding Unregulated Capital Outflows Is Essential in Predicting Tomorrow's Threats

The Financial Mechanics Behind the Modern Threat Landscape

Jan 27 • Adam Rousselle

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From Resilience to Extraction: How Iran’s Shadow Financial Systems Are Hollowing Out the State

A Three-Tier Model of Sanctions Resilience and Capital Flight

Jan 9 • Adam Rousselle

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December 2025

China–Cartel Nexus: The Liquidity Architecture Transforming the Global Drug Economy

Latin American cartels now harness the vast power of China’s underground financial sector. The operational center of gravity may be shifting toward the…

Dec 19, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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Australian Watchdog Sounds Alarm on Illicit Financial Networks

The promise of frictionless money has matured into something far more consequential: a liquidity system powerful enough to reorder economies, and…

Dec 15, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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November 2025

Beyond Compliance: Enabling the Next Generation of AI Technology to Dismantle Illicit Liquidity Networks

Inside the Shadow Architecture That Shapes Modern Conflict

Nov 23, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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Podcast Interview: The China Global South Project

My latest appearance on the CGSP podcast to discuss illicit finance in Africa

Nov 21, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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October 2025

Illicit PRC-linked Finance Enables Arms Diversion in Africa

A recent piece I wrote as a follow up to an article I wrote for China Brief last year, which was cited in a U.S. Senate Report.

Oct 31, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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Closing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance

This Insight is published to coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week to highlight positive interventionist technology tools in the…

Oct 24, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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September 2025

Illicit Crypto Isn’t Uncontrollable: Why I’m Cautiously Optimistic

What the next phase of countering illicit finance will look like

Sep 18, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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Chinese Shadow Liquidity and the Scam Economy

Chinese shadow liquidity networks, built to shield against external pressure, have mutated into a force of global instability.

Sep 3, 2025 • Adam Rousselle

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