The complaint is centered on her communications with, and provision of money to, one specific fighter based in Syria, a self-identified member of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, an alias for the designated Foreign Terrorist Organization the al-Nusra Front. Keep Reading
The Spanish National Police has arrested two individuals for their suspected involvement in the facilitation of terrorist financing. They are believed to be part of the ‘remittance office’ in Europe of the so-called Islamic State. Keep Reading
Illicit trade and counterfeiting is a stable funding source for terrorist organizations and transnational criminal groups. Keep Reading
Major financial institutions in the United Kingdom will invest £6.5 million to reform the country’s Suspicious Activity Reporting regime used to alert authorities about potential money laundering and terrorist financing. Keep Reading
The unit's investigations have resulted in 105 convictions for a range of offences from terrorist fundraising to fraud by false representation. Several suspects await trial or are subject to ongoing investigations. It has also ensured the removal of more than £11 million from criminals’ hands in the last five years. Keep Reading
Zoobia Shahnaz faces 20 years in prison, restitution, criminal forfeiture and a fine for wiring cash to fronts for ISIS in Turkey, China and Pakistan. Keep Reading
On its current trajectory, ISIS could regain sufficient strength to mount a renewed insurgency that once again threatens to overmatch local security forces in both Iraq and Syria. Keep Reading
For the seven main extremist groups of insurgents and terrorists, the combined funding totals about $1 billion to $1.39 billion a year. Keep Reading