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Good morning, everyone. It is a pleasure to be with you today. I’d like to thank Chatham House for the invitation and opportunity to address the issue of terrorist financing. It’s a privilege to join the distinguished guests here today, a number of whom I have worked closely with over the years.
The Islamic State’s recent defeats on the battlefield signal that its once-vaunted militia army has been hobbled by worsening money problems, desertions and a dwindling pool of fighters, analysts and monitoring gro
Twitter is now using spam-fighting technology to seek out accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity and is examining other accounts related to those flagged for possible removal, the company announced Friday.
Africa’s Muslim belt is getting bloodier. Boko Haram—the regional affiliate of Islamic State and one of the world’s deadliest terrorist groups—has accelerated its campaign of almost daily suicide bombings.
Only weeks into what was widely anticipated to be a helter-skelter, post-sanctions rush of Western money and expertise into Iran, limits to the country’s opening are beginning to emerge as the conservative leadership seeks to limit
The New York State Department of Financial Services is proposing a new anti-money laundering regulation that would apply to all financial institutions chartered in the state. If adopted, the proposal would set forth a set of specific mandates designed to detect suspicious activities that New York financial institutions would be compelled to follow.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued the final revised version of the General guide to account opening, first published in 2003.
Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Ranking Member Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) together held the first hearing of the newly-reauthorized Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing Wednesday focused on trade-based money laundering.
Mahan Air is an Iranian passenger airline that also happens to be a favorite with the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC uses Mahan planes to ferry weapons and personnel to aid the Syrian regime. That’s according to the U.S. government, which has repeatedly committed itself to grounding the airline.
On January 20, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to financial institutions about an updated list of jurisdictions with strategic anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) deficiencies released by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).