In retaliation to the intensifying Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, the IDF conducted aerial attacks on businesses involved in transferring funds to terror organizations. According to the IDF's spokesperson, "The IDF carried out aerial … [Read more...] about There Are Better Ways To Stop Funds For Terror
Terrorist Financing
Terror, Crime Go Digital
NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- Emerging digital technologies to move money instantaneously and anonymously open up new possibilities for criminals and terrorists, while regulatory and law-enforcement agencies are limping far behind. On May 3, at the … [Read more...] about Terror, Crime Go Digital
How Terrorists Send Money
http://www.upi.com/International_Intelligence/Analysis/2007/05/01/outside_view_how_terrorists_send_money/ WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Advanced mobile technology, cooperation between international mobile communications providers and international … [Read more...] about How Terrorists Send Money
Terrorist Funding In Real Time
Migrant workers, terrorists, criminals, and anyone holding a mobile telephone is rejoicing. Already many can transfer money (m-payments) anywhere anytime, efficiently and inexpensively. Technological advances and cooperation between international … [Read more...] about Terrorist Funding In Real Time
The World Bank Continuing Aid To Palestinian Terrorism
http://terrorfinance.typepad.com/the_terror_finance_blog/ The World Bank released on March 7 its report on the Palestinian Authority. While critical pf the PA's lack of transparency and inability and/or unwillingness to account for the hundreds of … [Read more...] about The World Bank Continuing Aid To Palestinian Terrorism
Propagating Terror
Six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, many policy-makers and "terrorism experts" retain the misconception that terrorism does not require large amounts of money. This myth was strengthened first with the September 11 Commission's … [Read more...] about Propagating Terror
Terror's Missing Link
President George W. Bush's most recent reminder that the U.S. needs to fight the worldwide terrorism of the Islamists, ignored a major target and victim of this terrorism Israel. In a February 9 speech at the National Guard Memorial Building, in … [Read more...] about Terror's Missing Link
The UN Gives Hamas A Raise
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20788 The decision taken at the end of December 2005, by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide a large increase in salaries for … [Read more...] about The UN Gives Hamas A Raise
Terror Rising
When the State and Treasury departments manage to cooperate with each other to halt terrorist financing, they should consider putting Hizb ut Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party) and its splinter organization, Al-Mujahiroun, on the U.S.-designated … [Read more...] about Terror Rising
Financing Osama
“The terrorists aren’t waiting for us to get our enforcement act together. While we struggle over how to restructure our agencies, they’re squirreling away money to fund their attacks. Shutting down terrorism financing must be an urgent and high … [Read more...] about Financing Osama