BRITAIN AND IRELAND TERRORISM

BY ANDREW CAVETHE UNITED Kingdom and Irish Republic governments had anti-terror finance frameworks long before this issue climbed global agendas in the wake of the September 11 attacks in the USA. The fight against terrorism in Northern Ireland over the past 40 years saw to that.Such structures did not make either country immune, however, to the realisation that efforts needed to be stepped up in the post 9/11 world of global terror threats.The UK's response has involved legislation to increase the powers of anti-money laundering authorities and the formation of ...


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