TERRORIST FINANCING SLINKS INTO THE LEGITIMATE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COVER ITS TRACKS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SINCE the September 11 attacks, the control of terrorist financing has been an international policing priority. But businesses also need to be aware of the risks. Keith Nuthall reports.
TERRORISM may be an exceptional crime, but the money required to stage violent attacks on the public is - ultimately - just money. There is no special terrorist currency, printed and minted for use by terror groups: these underground organisations need to source financing just like any legitimate business. And sometimes, terror groups will use legal ways to fund ...
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