Skip to main content

Dr Mouzakiti invited to speak at 'Money as Security Data' webinar series

Dr Mouzakiti invited to speak at 'Money as Security Data' webinar series

  • Date24 June 2021

Dr Foivi Mouzakiti was invited to speak at the webinar series ‘Money as Security Data: Surveillance, Intelligence, Evidence’, hosted by the University of Amsterdam.

webinar.jpg

This webinar was the second webinar of the series Money as Security Data: Surveillance, Intelligence, Evidence. The series explores ways in which ‘money’ has become security data in the practices of counter-terrorism financing. In the series, guest speakers show, discuss and critique the digital cultures of financial surveillance and ways in which mundane financial transactions are analysed, identified, and shared. The series discusses how mundane transactions data become understood as ‘intelligence’ that is shared internationally in the context of investigations. It explores how transaction data have the capacity to function as ‘evidence’ before a court of law.

The event was sponsored by by the research network Global Digital Cultures. It took place on 23 June 2021.

The webinar was dedicated to the sharing of financial intelligence across boarders by Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), and participants discussed how FIUs coordinate their operations across distance and difference. FIUs play a central role in the European Union’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime. They receive suspicious transaction reports from the private and financial sector, analyse them and, if necessary, disseminate any relevant information to the domestic law enforcement authorities, and to their counterparts in the EU and beyond. They are, in other words, the EU’s financial intelligence hubs.

In her presentation, Dr Foivi Mouzakiti drew attention to some of the data protection challenges that emerge in the context of FIU cooperation. She argued that the European Union’s legal framework financial intelligence is not adequate to regulate data transfers between EU FIUs in a manner that guarantees the effective protection of personal data.

Related topics

Explore Royal Holloway

Get help paying for your studies at Royal Holloway through a range of scholarships and bursaries.

There are lots of exciting ways to get involved at Royal Holloway. Discover new interests and enjoy existing ones.

Heading to university is exciting. Finding the right place to live will get you off to a good start.

Whether you need support with your health or practical advice on budgeting or finding part-time work, we can help.

Discover more about our academic departments and schools.

Find out why Royal Holloway is in the top 25% of UK universities for research rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

Royal Holloway is a research intensive university and our academics collaborate across disciplines to achieve excellence.

Discover world-class research at Royal Holloway.

Discover more about who we are today, and our vision for the future.

Royal Holloway began as two pioneering colleges for the education of women in the 19th century, and their spirit lives on today.

We’ve played a role in thousands of careers, some of them particularly remarkable.

Find about our decision-making processes and the people who lead and manage Royal Holloway today.