posted by Christopher W. Holton The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission has 19 active investigations under way into terrorism financing according to the Australian Associated Press. The Commission has previously conducted and completed 34 such investigations. Seven charities have been “deregistered” as a result of those investigations. Long-time readers of SFW will recall that terrorism […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The U.S. has designated a large web of front companies and entities which are part of Iran’s jihad operations in Iraq, where U.S. troops have been under attack by jihadi groups armed and funded by Iran. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions are aimed at “Iraq-based front companies, […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In a story that has been mostly overlooked in the media, the U.S. secured the release of U.S. citizen Amer Fakhoury from custody without charge in Lebanon. You can read all about the coup at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, but the relevance from a financial standpoint is that […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center has just published an analysis of the nature and characteristics of financial support within the U.S. for the Islamic State jihadist terrorist organization. It basically reveals that most Islamic State activities in the U.S. are self-funded and/or involve relatively small […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Just another way in which jihad has cost the world so much in terms of money, not to mention human misery, economic disruption and the costs of increased security… Close to 1,600 victims of terror attacks have applied to the Financial Assistance Commission for compensation, according to the Justice Department. […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton “AUSTRAC, Australia’s anti money-laundering (“AML”) and terrorism-financing regulator, filed a civil action in Australian court alleging over 23 million breaches of Australian AML/counter-terrorism financing legislation by Westpac, including a failure to report more than 19.5 million international fund transfers, failure to perform enhanced due diligence on correspondent banks in high-risk […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Two Sydney, Australia men have been jailed in a $17 million money laundering scheme that, at the very least, operated “alongside” a terrorist sympathizer. Ahmad Ali and Fouad Moussa were sentenced in the New South Wales District Court after pleading guilty to the scheme. “In each case, the deposit was […]
by Christopher W. Holton On March 20, the U.S. imposed more sanctions on Iran in response to rocket attacks on two bases in Iraq that housed US troops — targeting Iran’s financial system and Iran’s metals and iron industry. “I’m holding the Iranian regime liable for attacks towards United States personnel and pursuits by denying […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Bank Islam Malaysia reports that one of its employees at Menara Bank Islam tested positive for the Wuhan virus. As of now, there has been no reported interruption of business operations at Menara Bank Islam.
posted by Christopher W. Holton “Iran’s regime has launched a massive new campaign claiming its failure to handle the coronavirus crisis is due to sanctions imposed by the United States. There’s not an iota of truth to this claim, and it’s by no means a widely held view. Still, several U.S. lawmakers are backing up […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton A speakers’ meeting of the Global Forum on Islamic Economics, Finance and Banking held in Pakistan called for the promotion of Shariah-Compliant Finance around the globe for Muslim and non-Muslim countries as well. This was expressed as an effort to replace the current global banking system with one based upon […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The ignorance of shariah certainly plays a role in the cooperation by Christians and Jews in facilitating Shariah-compliant finance. For example, according to The Reliance of the Traveler, the widely distributed and read manual of Islamic sacred law, it is unlawful under shariah to assist the religion of the Jews […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton BreitBart is reporting that the terrorist IRGC in Iran is capitalizing off the Wuhan virus to raise money… On Sunday, Radio Farda caught an IRGC general actually fundraising off the coronavirus with a video ad: Circulating a commercial video on his Telegram Channel, IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf (Ghalibaf) has called upon people to […]
Jihadi Charities Expand in Indonesia
On March 17, 2020 · In Indonesia, ISIS, Islamic charities, Islamic State (IS), Terror Funding, Uncategorized
posted by Christopher W. Holton East Asia Forum has an important article posted on the proliferation of charities supporting Jihadist groups in Indonesia. This has been a problem for well over a decade now as Indonesian security and intelligence services battle terrorists both kinetically and in the financial realm. Here are the highlights of the […]
Posted by Christopher W. Holton This is a story that should be getting much more attention, but for the Wuhan virus dominating the news. This guy lived for 13 years in Austria and sent money back to Lebanon to fund the Jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah. This shows the degree to which Hezbollah has embedded itself […]
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