A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

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)

News References

Financing terrorism through trade diversion (Featured Research)

New research examines financial crime and political extremism (Featured Research)