posted by Christopher Holton Bloomberg News has an article posted about the situation in Pakistan that has mostly escaped the attention of the West in general and Americans in particular. Under pressure from the Trump administration, Pakistan has made a great show of cracking down on “extremism.” But the persistent presence of jihadis in Pakistani […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton India has frozen the assets of 37 entities on charges of terrorist financing and money laundering of illicit funds, according to the latest report by global anti-financial terror body FATF (Financial Action Task Force). The FATF is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 and it is mandated to set global protocols […]
Another excellent, educational post from Money Jihad blog. Malaysia is a world leader in Shariah-Compliant Finance, which makes gaps in its enforcement to cut off the money flow to Jihad all the more worrisome… Malaysia has made progress in countering the financing of terrorism, but still has a long way to go according to a […]
The Pakistani Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control has unanimously approved an Anti-Terrorism Bill relating to counter-financing of terrorism. The bill is said to address shortcomings that relate to provisions on terrorist financing in Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 as pointed out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). FATF is an international body comprising many countries and international […]
As a member of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), Turkey is supposed to be taking strong measures to fight terrorism and cut off the funding for terrorism. But not only has Turkey NOT been doing that, there is evidence that Turkey is actually involved in providing funding for Jihadist terror… The Financial Action Task […]
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