AL QAEDA FINANCING
September 1st, 2008
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 attacks on the US resulted in a raft of regulations to curb terrorist financing, but seven years on Al Qaeda is still at large, has adapted to the new regulatory environment to raise funds, and morphed into an international terrorist Hydra.
Prior to 2001, Al Qaeda was like a business conglomerate, owning ships, aircraft, construction companies, travel agents and businesses, including Blessed Fruits, a honey company in Sudan, and the Khartoum Tannery, noted Rohan Kumar Gunaratna, an expert on Al Qaeda and director of the ...
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