Conduit Funding
Obfuscation
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.
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.