Publications

• Cathy Haenlein and M L R Smith (eds), Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa: Myths and Realities (Abingdon: Routledge, November 2016). Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters: 

• Cathy Haenlein, Joana de Deus Pereira, Michael Jones and Liam O’Shea, ‘Crime, Terror and Insecurity in Mozambique: A Bottom-Up Analysis of Local Perceptions’, RUSI Whitehall Report 1-25, June 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein, Dan Marks and Belinda Schäpe, ‘The UK’s Role in Advancing Responsible Transition Minerals Supply Chains’, RUSI Occasional Paper, 29 October 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein, Anne-Marie Weeden, Mark Williams and Elijah Glantz, ‘Using Closed Case Reviews in Financial Investigations of the Illegal Wildlife Trade’, RUSI Whitehall Report, 13 December 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein, Lauren Young, Grace Evans et al., ‘Future Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Trends in a Warming World: A Global Horizon Scan’, RUSI Occasional Paper, 1 March 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein with Sasha Erskine, Elijah Glantz and Tom Keatinge, ‘Briefing Note: Targeted Sanctions and Organised Crime: Impact and Lessons for Future Use’, SOC ACE, May 2022. 

• Cathy Haenlein with Sasha Erskine, Elijah Glantz and Tom Keatinge, ‘Targeted Sanctions and Organised Crime: Impact and Lessons for Future Use’, RUSI Occasional Paper, March 2022. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Alexandria Reid, ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade and Illicit Finance in the UK’, RUSI Whitehall Report 1-22, January 2022. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Vincent Opyene, ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade in Uganda: Tracking Progress on ‘Following the Money’, December 2021. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Peter Albrecht, ‘Dissolving the Internal-External Divide: Sierra Leone’s Path In and Out of Peacekeeping’, Conflict, Security & Development, 26 April 2021. 

• Cathy Haenlein, David Pérez Esparza and Florian J. Hetzel, ‘Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge – Final Remarks’, in David Pérez Esparza, Carlos A Pérez Ricard and Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). 

• Nafeesa Esmail, Cathy Haenlein et al., ‘Emerging Illegal Wildlife Trade Issues: A Global Horizon Scan’, Conservation Letters: A Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology (2020). 

• Cathy Haenlein, Alexander Babuta and Alexandria Reid, ‘E-Commerce, Delivery Services and the Illicit Tobacco Trade’, RUSI Occasional Paper, October 2018. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Aurora Ganz, ‘On Tap Europe: Organised Crime and Illicit Trade in Italy, Country Report’, RUSI Occasional Paper, December 2017. • Cathy Haenlein and Jonathan Eyal, ‘On Tap Europe: Organised Crime and Illicit Trade in Romania, Country Report’, RUSI Occasional Paper, October 2017. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Keatinge, ‘Follow the Money: The Use of Financial Investigation in Countering Wildlife Trafficking’, RUSI Occasional Paper, September 2017. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens Our Security’, RUSI Occasional Paper, August 2017. 

• Cathy Haenlein, Tom Maguire and Keith Somerville, ‘Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Terrorism’, in Cathy Haenlein and M L R Smith (eds), Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa: Myths and Realities, (Abingdon: Routledge, November 2016). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Stephane Crayne, ‘Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Conflict’, in Cathy Haenlein and M L R Smith (eds), Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa: Myths and Realities, (Abingdon: Routledge, November 2016). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Peter Albrecht, ‘Fragmented Peacekeeping: The African Union in Somalia’, RUSI Journal (Vol. 161, No. 1, March 2016). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Maguire, ‘An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa’, RUSI Occasional Paper, September 2015. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Ashlee Godwin, ‘Containing Ebola: A Test for Post-Conflict Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone’, Stability (Vol. 4, No. 1, July 2015). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Peter Albrecht, ‘Sierra Leone’s Post-Conflict Peacekeepers: Sudan, Somalia and Ebola’, RUSI Journal (Vol. 160, No. 1, February 2015). 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Richard Mosse’s The Enclave’, RUSI Journal (Vol. 159, No. 1, 2014). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Ashlee Godwin, ‘Security-Sector Reform in Sierra Leone: The UK Assistance Mission in Transition’, RUSI Journal (Vol. 158, No. 6, December 2013). Op-Eds, Policy Briefs and Commentary

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘The Politics of Immigration is Broken and Fixing the UK Home Office Will Not Help’, RUSI.org, 31 October 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘A Home Office Shake-Up is Not Enough. To Tackle Small Boats, Government Must be Radical’, The House – Politics Home, 30 October 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Keatinge, ‘Disrupting Illegal Wildlife Trade: Have We Followed the Money?’, RUSI.org, 29 October 2025. 

• Mark Williams, Pilar Domingo, Cathy Haenlein and Michael Jones, ‘Lessons from Bottom-Up Analysis of Crime, Terror and Insecurity in Africa’, RUSI policy brief, 24 June 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein with Michael Jones, ‘Project Summary: Organised Crime, Terror and Insecurity in Africa: A Bottom-Up Analysis of Local Perceptions’, RUSI.org, 24 June 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Dan Marks, ‘Priorities for the New UK Critical Minerals Strategy’, RUSI.org, 3 September 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Evolve or Perish: Global Action on Illegal Wildlife Trade’, RUSI.org, 9 April 2025. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2023: Conference Report’, RUSI Conference Report 8 July 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘10 Years, 10 Threats: How Organised Crime Has Evolved Over a Decade – Interactive Summary’, RUSI.org, 28 May 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Is the Home Office Fit for Purpose? Challenges for a New UK Home Secretary’, RUSI.org, 17 June 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Organised Crime and the UK Border: Tackling Criminal Innovation at the Frontline’, RUSI.org, 25 April 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Marley Morris, ‘Organised Immigration Crime in the UK: A Resilient Business Model’, RUSI.org, 11 April 2024. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Harvey Redgrave, ‘Drugs: An Old Threat Made New’, RUSI.org, 13 March 2024. • Cathy Haenlein, ‘Blink and You Missed It: The UK Government’s New Organised Crime Strategy’, RUSI.org, 21 December 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Neil Giles, ‘Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: An Expanding UK Market’, RUSI.org, 21 November 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein and the Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL, ‘A Boundless Threat? The Rise of Organised Crime in the UK’, RUSI.org, 13 November 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Disruptions, Drug Seizures and Technological Change: 10 Years of the National Crime Agency’, Policing Insight, 9 November 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘In Hot Water: Climate Change and Crime Convergence in the Fisheries Sector’, RUSI.org, 1 August 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Simon Rynn, ‘Ramaphosa’s Lucky Escape: What Putin’s Cancelled Trip Means for the ICC’, RUSI.org, 28 July 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Has the Government Forgotten about Serous and Organised Crime?’, RUSI.org, 24 July 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Amanda Kadlec, ‘Libya as Prologue: The Uncertain Future of UN Sanctions in a Divided World’, RUSI.org, 8 June 2023. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Amanda Kadlec, ‘An Unprecedented Failure? UN Sanctions against Human Traffickers in Libya’, RUSI.org, 20 December 2022. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Targeted Financial Sanctions: A Key Tool to Disrupt Illegal Wildlife Trade?’, RUSI.org, 6 December 2021. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Moving Beyond the Slogan: Operationalising “Follow the Money” Approaches to Illegal Wildlife Trade in Uganda’, RUSI Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research, 6 October 2021. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Disrupting Serious and Organised Crime: What Role for UK Sanctions?’, RUSI.org, 18 December 2021. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Boris Johnson’s Policing Pledge: The Key Will Be Delivering Beyond the Frontline’, Prospect, 31 July 2019. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Alexander Babuta, ‘Still in a Haze: Illicit Cigarette Trade Under the Spotlight’, RUSI.org, 18 July 2017. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Maria Eirini Papadouka, ‘Conference Report: Organised Crime and Illicit Trade in Europe’, 24 May 2017. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Alexander Babuta, ‘Commodity Smuggling in the Maghreb: A Silent Threat’, OCP Policy Center, Policy Brief (May 2018 PB-18/14), 17 May 2018. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Keatinge, ‘Wildlife Crime is Financial Crime: The Response Needs to Reflect This’, RUSI.org, 29 December 2016. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Keatinge, ‘Follow the Money: How Financial Investigation Can Combat Poaching in Kenya’, Newsweek, 2 July 2016. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Ewan Lawson, ‘Stepping Up or Backing Down: The African Union in Burundi’, RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 36, No. 2, March 2016). 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Trafficking Illegal Ivory in East Africa’, RUSI.org, 7 September 2015. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘How Severe is the Terror Threat in East Africa?’, BBC, 20 July 2015. 

• Cathy Haenlein and Tom Maguire, ‘Countering the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Engaging from the Ground Up’, RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 35, No. 4, July 2015). 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Nigeria Post-Election: Bellwether of African Democracy?’, Al-Jazeera, 17 April 2015. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Can Chad Tip the Balance Against Boko Haram?’, RUSI.org, 12 March 2015. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘Foreword’, RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 35, No. 2, March 2015). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Ashlee Godwin, ‘Learning from Ebola in Sierra Leone’, RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 35, No. 1, Jan 2015). 

• Cathy Haenlein and Ashlee Godwin, ‘Ebola in Sierra Leone is Not Just a Health Crisis’, Al-Jazeera, 24 December 2014. 

• Cathy Haenlein ‘One Down: The Defeat of the M23 in the Eastern DRC’, RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan 2014). 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘The UN Intervention Brigade: A Force for Change in DR Congo?’, RUSI.org, 17 May 2013. 

• Cathy Haenlein, ‘France in Mali: What Risk for the ‘New’ Hollande?’, RUSI.org, 22 January 2013.