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We have a problem—not a problem from hell, but one that claims to come from heaven. That problem is sometimes called radical, or fundamentalist, Islam, and the self-styled Islamic State is just its latest iteration. But no one really understands it. In the summer of 2014, Major General Michael Nagata, the commander of U.S.
On June 5, new EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) rules, namely the Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“4AMLD”) and a new Regulation on the information accompanying transfer of funds were published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Together, this legislation represents the revised EU framework on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
There was nothing unusual about the fresas, or preppy rich kids, who used to order liquor by the bottle and dance to electronic beats behind the stone and glass façade of Guadalajara's trendy Lucrecia nightclub. But the first indication that something untoward was happening at the club came in March 2013, when unidentified customers
SINCE Abraham first adopted monotheism and smashed his father’s idols, the Middle East has seen more than its fair share of cultural vandalism. The prophet Samson, an antecedent of the modern suicide bomber, brought down a pagan temple full of Philistines. Iconoclasts destroyed holy Byzantine images.
Terrorism financiers may try to use virtual currencies such as bitcoin to fund their operations as authorities crack down on the flow of illicit money through more traditional channels, the US Treasury Department said.
James Boulware was apparently troubled and angry. Many will ask how he managed to get so many weapons and an armored van. That’s the wrong question to ask.
The Novorossiya Humanitarian Battalion boasts on its website that it provided funds to buy a pair of binoculars used by rebels in eastern Ukraine to spot and destroy an armored vehicle. Another group, Save the Donbass, solicits donations using a photograph of a mortar shell inscribed with its web address and the names of donors.
The Islamic State is one of the most well-funded terrorist organisations in history thanks to the tax base it has managed to establish in its vast swaths of conquered territory in Iraq and Syria.
Under the veneer of safety lies dark secrets. So said Joe Oliver earlier this week, talking about terrorism financing in Canada to a crowd in Toronto.
As Western governments tighten the noose on anti-terrorist financing, aid groups say the crackdown is exacting a toll on humanitarian programs in war-torn regions.