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FIMI Taxonomy v4.1 — Modular taxonomy of foreign information manipulation and interference

Conduit Funding

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Conduit funding is the deliberate use of intermediary organizations and layered financial structures by state actors to obscure the origin and intent of money flowing to influence operations, political campaigns, and other activities that advance foreign interests while maintaining plausible deniability.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

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Conduit funding is the deliberate use of intermediary organizations and layered financial structures by state actors to obscure the origin and intent of money flowing to influence operations, political campaigns, and other activities that advance foreign interests while maintaining plausible deniability.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Conduit {Funding}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/conduit-funding.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Conduit Funding,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/conduit-funding.html.

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