Follow the Money: Bringing IS Extremists to Justice

12/30/21

TERRORISM

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Who profited from the rise of the extremist group known as the “Islamic State” in Iraq and where are they today? This is just one of the questions that former German federal prosecutor Christian Ritscher hopes to answer over the course of the next year.

In September 2021, Ritscher was appointed to head UNITADthe United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh (the Arabic name for the “Islamic State” group).

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