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Bali: Justice Minister Michael Keenan has urged Australians to ensure they are donating to legitimate charities after a report revealed there was a high risk of terrorism funding being channelled through non-profit organisations.
Security ministers from more than 20 countries meeting in Bali have been told that groups such Islamic State are increasingly channeling funds into Southeast Asia to finance terrorism.
The biggest banks are supporting a bill that would ensure that all U.S. companies submit beneficial ownership information to authorities, arguing it would help combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Big banks are revving up efforts to combat cybercriminals targeting the financial-services industry.
The German government proposed a broad range of measures on Thursday to bolster security and combat terrorism, its strongest official response so far to two recent attacks by terrorists pledging loyalty to the Islamic State and a deadly shooting rampage in Munich.
Jakarta: Australia is moving to become one of the first countries to regulate e-currencies such as bitcoin under its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
The Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index is being published by the Switzerland-based Basel Institute on Governance (Basel Institute) since 2012.
The White House pushed back at suggestions it sent a $400 million ransom payment to Tehran in order to free American hostages, but acknowledged the timing looks bad and some of the money could have gone to “nefarious activities.”
Belgian financial investigators looking into recent terror plots have discovered a disturbing trend: Some of the suspects were collecting welfare benefits until shortly before they carried out their attacks.
Senior Justice Department officials objected to sending a plane loaded with cash to Tehran at the same time that Iran released four imprisoned Americans, but their objections were overruled by the State Department, according to people familiar with the discussions.