FATF TERRORISM GUIDELINES
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE WORLD anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task Force, has released best practice guidelines to help auditors, police and governments ensure seemingly innocent charities are not being used as fund-raising fronts by bloodthirsty international terrorists.Indeed, in certain cases, its advice warns, charities have been "a mere sham that existed simply to funnel money to terrorists." However, this double-dealing was unknown "without the knowledge of donors, or even members of the management and staff" due to terrorist moles in the ...
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