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Author: David Cohen
U.S. Treasury Department Under Secretary David Cohen
gave these remarks on "Kidnapping for Ransom: The Growing Terrorist
Financing Challenge" at Chatham House in London on October 5, 2012.
The Council of Europe Convention on Laundering,
Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the
Financing of Terrorism was adopted in Warsaw, Poland on May 16, 2005.
The UN's Political Declaration and Action Plan
against Money Laundering was adopted on June 10, 1998 at the Twentieth
Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly devoted to
"countering the world drug problem together".
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published
these recommendations on terrorist financing in October 2001. The report
states, "Recognising the vital importance of taking action to combat
the financing of terrorism, the FATF has agreed these Recommendations,
which, when combined with the FATF Forty Recommendations on money
laundering, set out".
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its
"Forty Recommendations" document in October 2003. The recommendations
"now apply not only to money laundering but also to terrorist financing,
and when combined with the Eight Special Recommendations on Terrorist
Financing provide an enhanced, comprehensive and consistent framework of
measures for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. "
Authors: Stuart Levey and Christy ClarkForeign PolicyStuart Levey and Christy Clark
argue that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the world's
premier standard-setting body for combating terrorist financing and
money laundering, and it should develop and enforce standards for
sanctions implementation.
Author: Greg Bruno
Financial pressures have weakened al-Qaeda's tactical
abilities, but analysts say affiliated networks are finding new ways to
raise and spend money, complicating efforts to squeeze a savvy foe.
Speaker: David Cohen Presider: Celina B. Realuyo
David Cohen, assistant secretary of treasury for
terrorist financing, outlines the U.S. government's greatest challenges
and priorities in disrupting terrorist financing, particularly in
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Speaker: David Cohen Presider: Celina B. Realuyo
Listen to David Cohen, assistant secretary of
treasury for terrorist financing, outline the U.S. government's greatest
challenges and priorities in disrupting terrorist financing,
particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Speaker: David Cohen Presider: Celina B. Realuyo
Watch David Cohen, assistant secretary of treasury
for terrorist financing, outline the U.S. government's greatest
challenges and priorities in disrupting terrorist financing,
particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Author: Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt examines Hezbollah's increased role in illicit drug trafficking in Latin Americain this article by Middle East Strategy at Harvard, a project of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.
Authors: Christopher M. Blanchard and Alfred B. Prados
This CRS report for Congress reviews allegations of
Saudi involvement in terrorist financing together with Saudi rebuttals,
discusses the question of Saudi support for Palestinian organizations
and religious charities and schools abroad, discusses recent steps taken
by Saudi Arabia to counter terrorist financing (many in conjunction
with the United States), and suggests some implications of recent Saudi
actions for the war on terrorism.
Author: Matthew Levitt
This paper from Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein
program on terrorism, intelligence and policy at the Washington
Institute describes extensive US and British actions actions designed to
block channels of financial support used by international terrorists.
Author: Michael Jacobson
In this policy paper, Michael Jacobson, a senior
fellow in The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Terrorism,
Intelligence, and Policy, says that despite new British initiatives to
combat terrorist financing following the July 2005 terrorist subway and
bus attacks in London and the disrupted terrorist plot to blow up
U.S.-bound planes flying from Heathrow airport in August 2006, the
efforts of the European Union (EU) to do the same lack consistency and
effect. He says bureaucratic obstacles limit European efforts to
designate terrorist entities and freeze their assets.
Matthew Levitt, an expert on terrorism financing,
applauds efforts by U.S. officials to "think outside the box" and apply
financial pressure against Iranian banks.
Author: Matthew Levitt
Notes of remarks by Matthew Levitt at a recent
Washington Institute policy forum on combating terrorism financing in
which he said that in addition to publicly reported interventions to
disrupt the financing of terrorist activities, the US government and its
allies are also conducting equally productive anti-terror activities
through diplomacy, law enforcement, covert activity, and intelligence
collection.
Former Commerce Department official Sue E. Eckert
says terrorist financial networks have adapted, and Washington must
rethink its approach if it is to keep money out of terrorists' hands.
Speakers: David D. Aufhauser, Sue E. Eckert, and John B. Taylor Presider: Maurice Sonnenberg
Three experts discuss the sources of terrorist funds,
what efforts are underway to track and freeze terrorist assets, and how
effectively terrorist organizations are using the global financial
system to support their activities.
Author: Eben Kaplan
A lower-profile but still crucial aspect of global
anti-terror efforts involves unraveling the networks that have funded
attacks from New York to Bali. Terrorists have proven adept at
maintaining financial links intact.
Governments have frozen some $140 million in
terrorists' assets since the 9/11 attacks, yet terrorist groups have
adapted to remain financially viable. To keep up, governments, too, must
change their tactics.
Author: Martin A. Weiss
Stopping the ability of terrorists to finance their
operations is a key component of the U.S. counterterrorism strategy. To
accomplish this, the Administration has implemented a three-tiered
approach based on (1) intelligence and domestic legal and regulatory
efforts; (2) technical assistance to provide capacity-building programs
for U.S. allies; and (3) global efforts to create international norms
and guidelines. Effective implementation of this strategy requires the
participation of, and coordination among, several elements of the U.S.
Government. This report provides an agency-by-agency survey of U.S.
efforts.
Authors: Alfred B. Prados and Christopher M. Blanchard
This report reviews allegations of Saudi involvement in terrorist financing together with Saudi rebuttals, discusses the question of Saudi support for religious charities and schools (madrasas) abroad, discusses recent steps taken by Saudi Arabia to counter terrorist financing (many in conjunction with the United States), and suggests some implications of recent Saudi actions for the war on terrorism.
While “al-Qaeda’s current and prospective ability to
raise and move funds with impunity has been significantly
diminished...al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations still have ready
access to financial resources, and that fact constitutes an ongoing
threat to the United States.” So warns this independent Task Force
report, a follow-on to the Council’s 2002 report that concludes
individuals and organizations based in Saudi Arabia were the most
important source of Qaeda funding.
After an initially robust attempt to curtail
financing for international terrorism, the Bush administration’s current
efforts are strategically inadequate to assure the sustained results
needed to protect U.S. security. This is the core finding of a
bipartisan commission chaired by Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman and
chief executive officer of AIG, and directed by two former National
Security Council officials who are experts in the field, William F.
Wechsler and Lee S. Wolosky.
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