Counterterrorism Blog Posts on Terrorist Financing Methods & Our Continuing Vulnerabilities
By Andrew Cochran
The focus in the UK-US airline terror plot is now on the financing of the plot; Dennis Lormel and I were quoted in a Dow Jones MarketWatch story on that issue. A Financial Times story points out the difficulties in tracking terrorists' funds: "A greater problem for the authorities is the sheer lack of contact some terrorist suspects have with western banks, instead choosing to employ networks such as the Hawala system used by foreign workers around the world. The difficulties in following the money become even greater when nothing in the suspects' financial behaviour marks them out from millions of other account holders."
Here are selected posts by Counterterrorism Blog Contributing Experts this year (in chronological order) on terrorist financing methods and vulnerabilities which still need to be shut down:
IIRO Freezing Long Overdue
By Douglas Farah, August 3, 2006
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IIRO Funding Terror in Southeast Asia
By Zachary Abuza, August 3, 2006
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Al-Mabarrat – A Hezbollah Charitable Front in Dearborn, MI?
By Steven Emerson, July 22, 2006
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To Cut Hezbollah Funding, Cut External Financial Support
By Douglas Farah, July 21, 2006
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Europe Still Weighs Whether To Designate Hizbollah As A Terrorist Organization
By Victor Comras, July 20, 2006
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Hezbollah...Fundraising or Security Threat in U.S.?
By Dennis Lormel, July 16, 2006
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U.S. Government Terrorist Financing Initiative Involving SWIFT
By Dennis Lormel, June 23, 2006
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"Flow of Terror Funds Being Choked, U.S. Says:" -- A Skeptic Responds
By Victor Comras, June 19, 2006
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Law Enforcement Criticizes Proposed Relief From Bank Secrecy Act Mandates
By Andrew Cochran, April 5, 2006
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Trouble in the Tri-Border Region
By Douglas Farah, April 10, 2006
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Treasury Dept. Freezes Assets of Hamas-associated "KindHearts" Charity
By Andrew Cochran, February 19, 2006
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The UK and France not clamping down on Hamas charities
By Olivier Guitta, February 7, 2006
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Report: "The Role of Islamic Charities in International Terrorist Recruitment and Financing"
By Evan Kohlmann, January 28, 2006
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