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Roberta Belli
Roberta Belli
Former Investigator
Lead Investigator on START Research Projects
U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks & Trade Diversion
July 2012
to
December 2013
United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010
June 2008
to
October 2011
Researcher on START Projects
Extremist Crime Database Related Projects
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database
March 2009
to
September 2019
Selected Publications
Migration, Crime, and Victimization
(Book Chapter)
Exploring the Crime-Terror Nexus in the United States: A Social Network Analysis of a Hezbollah Network Involved in Trade Diversion
(Journal Article)
Exploring the U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks and Trade Diversion
(Research Brief)
Homegrown Terrorism in the United States
(Journal Article)
Introducing the United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB)
(Journal Article)
Effects and Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Intelligence Measures to counter homegrown terrorism: a case study on the FALN
(START Reports)
Financial Crime and Political Extremism in the U.S.
(Research Brief)
Situational Crime Prevention and Non-violent Terrorism: A 'Soft' Approach against Ideologically Motivated Tax-refusal
(Journal Article)
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Financing terrorism through trade diversion
(Featured Research)
New research examines financial crime and political extremism
(Featured Research)