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Are diamonds a launderer’s best friend?
If they are good enough for Monroe and Beyoncé, then they must certainly be good enough for the international money launderer. The Financial Action Task Force’s latest report provides analysis of money...
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Terrorist financing: Indian Maoist finances partly channelled through banks
The New Delhi based Institute for Security and Defence Analysis has published an insightful breakdown into how the Naxalites of the Communist Party of India, aka the Maoists, acquire and spend their...
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CTF/Hawala: India-US crack down on Pakistan terror financing networks
India and the US held a side meeting at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary last week to finalise plans for cooperation on identifying and closing down sources of funding to Pakistan...
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A look at Boko Haram’s financing
helenogorman:Terrorist financing: how Boko Haram funds its operations. Originally posted on Money Jihad: Boko Haram has enough money to buy its own artillery now according to Voice of America. Analysts...
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Terrorist financing: did it really happen like this?
Anyone who has ever picked up and read a sanctions list from OFAC or the UN should check out series three of a program called Homeland. One particular series of the show pits the simultaneous might and...
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Terrorist financing: Spain arrests four in Iran proliferation network
Spanish law enforcement officers have arrested a group people suspected of trafficking sanctioned materials through Spain to Iran. The group moved dual-use goods, so-called as they can be used for...
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Crypto-currencies, hawala and the spectre of terrorist financing
A new protocol which is based on the chain of trust system used in hawala has been developed and it has the potential to empower people to transact pretty much anything they want to someone else,...
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Nigeria: meaningless headlines in the face of barbarian acts
Nigeria Rated Highly for Curbing Money Laundering reads the AllAfrica.com headline. Can this be the same Nigeria presided over by Goodluck Jonathan, terrorised by Boko Haram and courted by the US? More...
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India: Centre gets tough on terror funds
The new BJP government is set to crack down on terror financing from across the border, holding it as one of the key steps towards beefing up the internal security mechanisms in view of impending...
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States of terror – terrorist resourcing, groups vs lone wolves
The biggest terrorist stories to hit the global media in the last few weeks have been the Charleston and Tunisia attacks, carried out by individuals, at least one of whom had set out his intentions in...
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